To begin with, I have already read the following solutions:
Cannot Update Java plugin for Google Chrome
How do I get Java plugin for Chrome?
How to install Oracle Java web plugin on Chrome in 12.04?
and I hope this does not get marked as duplicate.
I previously un-installed OpenJDK and IceTea plugin and installed java-sdk 7 update 4
. I made a symbolic link to libnpjp.so
in my installation folder to ~/.mozilla/plugins
. Everything (including Chrome) was running smoothly as it should have.
Today, when I installed java-sdk 7 update 5
, I followed same steps as before but now, I get to see this:
and this:
I even un-installed and reinstalled chrome, but could not help.
I am running Ubuntu 12.04, Chrome Version 21.0.1180.79.
This is really most annoying experience so far.
PS: Kindly don't tell to reinstall Java using some PPA.