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| + | ====== Install Java in Firefox Under Ubuntu ====== | ||
| + | I had installed Java but it wasn't working in Firefox. In fact, I had tried both the binaries from Adobe and the binaries in Ubuntu's Synaptec. But, you might need to create a link to the plugin's .so file in Firefox's plugin directory. Here's how I did that. | ||
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| + | First, update the locate database to include any files that have recently been installed. | ||
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| + | sudo updatedb | ||
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| + | Next, search for the Java plugin. I knew it would be called libjavaplugin or something similar, so I ran the following command. | ||
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| + | locate libjavaplugin | ||
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| + | And I got the following set of results | ||
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| + | <code> | ||
| + | /opt/jre1.6.0_10/lib/i386/libjavaplugin_jni.so | ||
| + | /opt/jre1.6.0_10/lib/i386/libjavaplugin_nscp.so | ||
| + | /opt/jre1.6.0_10/lib/i386/libjavaplugin_nscp_gcc29.so | ||
| + | /opt/jre1.6.0_10/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so | ||
| + | /opt/jre1.6.0_10/plugin/i386/ns7-gcc29/libjavaplugin_oji.so | ||
| + | </code> | ||
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| + | I knew I was looking for the file with "oji" in it's name. There were 2, the ns7 and the ns7-gcc29 versions. I decided to used the former. | ||
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| + | So, I switched to the directory I thought would contain Firefox and it did. | ||
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| + | cd /usr/lib/firefox/plugins | ||
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| + | Then I create a shortcut to the plugin. | ||
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| + | sudo ln -s /opt/jre1.6.0_10/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so | ||