Firefox 3.6 and Java on Linux
Finding that you’re lacking Java in Firefox 3.6 on Linux? The steps to install it are easy, but you have to do things a bit differently than you have in previous Firefox-versions.
First head over to the Download-section at http://www.java.com. Select to download the file named Linux RPM (self-extracting file) (if you’re using an RPM-based distribution like Fedora). Once it’s downloaded, and assuming it has been downloaded to the folder Downloads, do the following:
su -
chmod +x /home/jorge/Downloads/jre-6u18-linux-i586-rpm.bin
/home/jorge/Downloads/jre-6u18-linux-i586-rpm.bin
After agreeing to the license terms, just type Yes and press enter. Now making the plugin work with Firefox. I mentioned earlier that you have to do things a bit differently. Whereas we used the file libjavaplugin.so before, now we have to use the next generation Java plugin, namely libnpjp2.so. So execute the following command to make things work:
Restart your browser, and you should have Java. Verify it at http://java.com/en/download/installed.jsp?detect=jre&try;=1.
Enjoy!