How to install Java Plugin to these browsers manually ? I downloaded JRE from Oracle Site, run it in terminal. Now, what I should do ?. I want to do it manually because, I want to be up-date with recent Java version.
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This is a question for unix.stackexchange.com/questions– MattenFeb 16, 2011 at 19:42
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@Matten: Or would that be SuperUser?– PowerlordFeb 16, 2011 at 21:48
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For Chromium, add this symlink:
sudo ln -s /path/to/java/jre/lib/amd64/libnpjp2.so /usr/lib/chromium-browser/plugins/libnpjp2.so
For Firefox, add this symlink:
sudo ln -s /path/to/java/jre/lib/amd64/libnpjp2.so /usr/lib/firefox-addons/plugins/libnpjp2.so
replace the /path/to/java/jre with the actual path from your installation.
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For ubuntu:
sudo ln -s /path/to/java/jre/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libnpjp2.so
works in google chrome beta.
I copied and updated this answer from @Casey Watson since I can't edit or comment yet.
For chromium-browser 25, add this symlink:
sudo ln -s /path/to/java/jre/lib/amd64/libnpjp2.so /usr/lib/chromium-browser/plugins/libnpjp2.so
For Google chrome 27, might need to create the plugins dir:
mkdir /opt/google/chrome/plugins
then add this symlink:
sudo ln -s /path/to/java/jre/lib/amd64/libnpjp2.so /opt/google/chrome/plugins/libnpjp2.so
For Firefox 21, add this symlink:
sudo ln -s /path/to/java/jre/lib/amd64/libnpjp2.so /usr/lib/firefox-addons/plugins/libnpjp2.so
replace the /path/to/java/jre with the actual path from your installation.
I think this problem is quite common. This thread may have the answers that you are looking for. Let me know if it helps you out, if not we can discuss further.
You may have succeed in enabling the java plugin in firefox by doing something like:
sudo ln -s /path/to/java/jre/lib/amd64/libnpjp2.so /usr/lib/firefox-addons/plugins/libnpjp2.so
It appears that chromium does not look in the /usr/lib/firefox-addons/plugins/ directory, It only checks the ~/.mozilla/plugins directory. Therefore to make it work in chromium you also need to do:
cd ~/.mozilla/plugins
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/firefox-addons/plugins/libnpjp2.so
The information at:
http://ubuntupop.blogspot.com.au/2012/10/install-java-runtime-environment-on.html
fixed my problems.
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Welcome to Ask Ubuntu! Whilst this may theoretically answer the question, it would be preferable to include the essential parts of the answer here, and provide the link for reference. Nov 8, 2013 at 0:14
open up your "synaptic package manager" go to settings/repositories then other software,click on the canonical partners, then close and hit the reload button now type "sun java6 plugin" mark it for installation and now hit apply. if you have not done this already you may want to install the "ubuntu restricted extras" but this will install openJDK if you dont want openJDK you can remove openjdk-6-jre-lib by marking for removal and hit apply.
