Getting Java Plugin to Work in FireFox (Fedora Core 9)
Jun-30-2008 By miketeo
Fedora Core 9 provides a java 1.6 plugin for the FireFox. However, I have found that it doesn’t work for some of the web sites, in particular, my Internet banking and fansub.tv. This post describes what I have done to get my Java applets to work in FireFox.
- Download JDK 6 update 6 (bin version, not the rpm) from java.sun.com. I believe there is also a similar plugin in Java SE 6 runtime as well.
- Run the jdk-6u6-linux-i586.bin file. If you get a permission error, try “sh jdk-6u6-linux-i586.bin file” on your terminal. Simply follow the instructions and complete the unpacking process. You should have a new folder called jdk1.6.0_06.
- Move this folder to /usr/local. You may need to sign in as root to do this.
- In your home folder, create a symbolic link to the Java plugin like this: “ln -s /usr/local/jdk1.6.0_06/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so ~/.mozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin_oji.so“
- Remove the openJDK web browser plugin that is currently installed on your system: “rpm -e java-1.6.0-openjdk-plugin“
- Restart your FireFox. On the address bar, type “about:plugins“. You should see a section called Java(TM) Plug-in 1.6.0_06-b02 with the corresponding Java MIME-Type that have associated with this plugin. Your applets should work now.
