Install java plugin in Firefox 2.0.0.2

[halftoke]

Hi All;

Jeez, I hope one of you gurus knows how to get around this...I'm trying to install the java jre for firefox 2.0.0.2 on BT 2.2. I've downloaded the jre from the Sun website and followed the instructions there with no joy. I still get the "plugin needed" stuff when I try to go to a java enabled site (in this case the security cameras at the job).

I've searched around and found different instructions for different distros, but I'm still frustrated with this. Currently I have the jre installed here:

/usr/local/jre1.6.0

And I have a symbolic link to the file located in the /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins directory:

/usr/bin/jre1.6.0/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin.oji.so

I've pretty much tried everything I can find with no luck. I have the sinking feeling I am missing something glaringly obvious and hope one of ya'll can point it out to me.

[theprez98]

Hi All;

Jeez, I hope one of you gurus knows how to get around this...I'm trying to install the java jre for firefox 2.0.0.2 on BT 2.2. I've downloaded the jre from the Sun website and followed the instructions there with no joy. I still get the "plugin needed" stuff when I try to go to a java enabled site (in this case the security cameras at the job).

I've searched around and found different instructions for different distros, but I'm still frustrated with this. Currently I have the jre installed here:

/usr/local/jre1.6.0

And I have a symbolic link to the file located in the /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins directory:

/usr/bin/jre1.6.0/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin.oji.so

I've pretty much tried everything I can find with no luck. I have the sinking feeling I am missing something glaringly obvious and hope one of ya'll can point it out to me.

I haven't had any luck with this, either.

[halftoke]

...thank god. I was beginning to think I was the only one who had this problem. Anybody out there have a work-around yet?

[imported_NjoyAP]

I set it up exactly like you have... no joy for me either.

[macamba]

This works for me in BT2 final, perhaps you can give it a try:
INSTALL JAVA CLIENT
http://java.com/en/download/manual.jsp
- Download Java Linux (self-extracting file)
- cd opt
- mkdir java
- cp /tmp/jre-6u1-linux-i586.bin /opt/java
- cd java
- ls
- chmod a+x jre-6u1-linux-i586.bin
- ls -l
- ./jre-6u1-linux-i586.bin
- yes
- ls

http://java.com/en/download/help/5000010500.xml#enable
- cd /opt/firefox/plugins
- ln -s /opt/java/jre1.6.0_01/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so
- Firefox-Preferences-Content-Enable java

Good luck.

Regards,

Macamba

[halftoke]

THAT'S IT!! Thank you, thank you, thank you.