- #CAN NOT INSTALL JAVA PLUGIN FIREFOX INSTALL#
- #CAN NOT INSTALL JAVA PLUGIN FIREFOX UPDATE#
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- #CAN NOT INSTALL JAVA PLUGIN FIREFOX WINDOWS#
#CAN NOT INSTALL JAVA PLUGIN FIREFOX UPDATE#
(the updated package is no update in the package management's sense, it is a completely different, independent package. OTOH, this make updates more difficult, or rather impossible even.
#CAN NOT INSTALL JAVA PLUGIN FIREFOX INSTALL#
There is an advantage in having the version number in the package name: you can install as many different versions at the same time as you like (provided the files do not conflict, but the directory where they are installed to contains the version number as well here) Maybe the package name has been "jre" in earlier versions and that has been changed by Oracle, I don't know. rootbt: mv -f jre1.7.005/ /opt/java/ Final changes. (Download tar.gz version) We first create the directory and place java there: rootbt: mkdir /opt/java.
#CAN NOT INSTALL JAVA PLUGIN FIREFOX DOWNLOAD#
You can download java from the official website. rootbt: killall -9 /opt/firefox/firefox-bin. So actually it is a flaw in that article. NOTE: Before installing Java make sure you kill Firefox. In this case, the packagename was wrong ("jre" instead of "jre1.8.0_25") so that didn't work. Firefox runs applets (reasonably) well using the 1.5.0 release. This is the single most important reason for Java refusing to work on Linux browsers. "rpm -ql packagename" lists all files in the package. As you must be knowing, your Java plugin and your browser would need to be compiled with the same major version of gcc. In this case we should put OUR VERSION of installed JRE (in my example jre1.8.0_25) to make it run.Yes. Plugin=$(rpm -ql jre1.8.0_25 | grep libnpjp2.so) & ln -svf "$plugin" /usr/lib64/browser-plugins I guess I understand, where was the problem. version show the version.And yes, there are 3 files in /usr/bin/java. In automatic mode (relevant for -config only) skip-auto skip prompt for alternatives correctly configured force allow replacing files with alternative links. admindir change the administrative directory. altdir change the alternatives directory. is an integer options with higher numbers have higher priority in is the location of one of the alternative target files. is the symlink pointing to /etc/alternatives/. That image means that Java is not enabled in the web browser. Make sure Java is set to 'Always Activate'. Click Java (TM) Platform plugin to select it. In the Add-ons Manager window, select Plugins. config show alternatives for the group and ask the While you're in Firefox, go to > Add-ons. set-selections read alternative status from standard input. I tried Zulu, but it seems zulu is not providing browser plugin for Java.
#CAN NOT INSTALL JAVA PLUGIN FIREFOX WINDOWS#
get-selections list master alternative names and their status. Is IcedTeas Java browser plugin (OpenJDK browser java plugin) for windows available I googled, but couldnt find any windows installer for the same. query machine parseable version of -display. display display information about the group. auto switch the master link to automatic mode. remove-all remove group from the alternatives system. remove remove from the group alternative. (Download tar.gz version) We first create the directory and place java mkdir mv -f jre1.7.0_05/ /opt/java/ Final update-alternatives -install /usr/bin/java java /opt/java/jre1.7.0_05/bin/java update-alternatives -set java export JAVA_HOME="/opt/java/jre1.7.0_05" Adding the plugin to Firefox.įor Java 7 (32 ln -sf $JAVA_HOME/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/įor Java 8 (64 ln -sf $JAVA_HOME/jre/lib/amd64/libnpjp2.Update-alternatives: need -display, -query, -list, -get-selections, -config, -set, -set-selections, -install, -remove, -all, -remove-all or -autoĪdd a group of alternatives to the system. Why is Java not working on Firefox Due to security issues, current versions of Firefox do NOT support Java, nor will future versions.To enable Java content, you will have to install an old, 32-bit version of Firefox and then manually add the Java plugin. NOTE: Before installing Java make sure you kill killall -9 /opt/firefox/firefox-bin You can download java from the official website. I followed the instructions here and it worked: Do you want the JDK or the JRE? Anyways, I had this problem too, a few weeks ago.