Get Java Plugin To Work With Firefox On Opensuse 10.2

I found out today that firefox could not install the java plugin on its own. I downloaded Java from the Sun site, and followed thier instructions on installing.

Installation of RPM File

Use these instructions if you want to install Java SE Runtime Environment in the form of RPM packages. If you want to use the self-extracting binary file instead, see Installation of Self-Extracting Binary.

1. Download and check the file size.

You can download to any directory you choose.

Before you download the file, notice its byte size provided on the download page on the web site. Once the download has completed, compare that file size to the size of the downloaded file to make sure they are equal.

2. Become root by running the su command and entering the super-user password.

3. Extract and install the contents of the downloaded file.

Change directory to where the downloaded file is located and run these commands to first set the executable permissions and then run the binary to extract and run the RPM file:

chmod a+x jre-6<version>-linux-i586-rpm.bin

./jre-6<version>-linux-i586-rpm.bin


Note that the initial "./" is required if you do not have "." in your PATH environment variable.

The script displays a binary license agreement, which you are asked to agree to before installation can proceed. Once you have agreed to the license, the install script creates and runs the file jre-6<version>-linux-i586.rpm in the current directory.

NOTE - If instead you want to only extract the RPM file but not install it, you can run the .bin file with the -x argument. You do not need to be root to do this.

4. Delete the bin and rpm file if you want to save disk space.

5. Exit the root shell. [/b]

this seemed to work as well, only firefox still wanted the plugin to be installed. I searched high and low for the solution to this problem and it turns out that firefox actually wants the plugin to be linked at

/home/<user name>/.mozilla/plugins[/b]

open a terminal and type

sudo ln -s /usr/java/jre1.6.0_02/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so /home/<user name>/.mozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin_oji.so

Make sure to change <user name> with your user name, and jre1.6.0_02 with the version you are using.

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/Geoff

Wow. They should fix that.