Output as asked below and thank you for your reply and help.
reason for wanting to update Java is because i’m getting websites asking me to either enable Java or update it. Java is enabled but not upto date though.
devilsbackbone:/usr/java/jre1.6.0_18/bin # zypper lr
| Alias | Name | Enabled | Refresh
–±------------------------------------±--------------------------------------------±--------±-------
1 | download.opensuse.org-webcam | openSUSE BuildService - Drivers for webcams | Yes | Yes
2 | ftp.skynet.be-suse | Packman Repository | Yes | Yes
3 | home:Lord_LT | home:Lord_LT | Yes | Yes
4 | http-download.opensuse.org-41fe85e0 | Updates for openSUSE 11.2-0 | Yes | Yes
5 | openSUSE 11.2-0 | openSUSE 11.2-0 | Yes | No
6 | repo-debug | openSUSE-11.2-Debug | No | Yes
7 | repo-non-oss | openSUSE-11.2-Non-Oss | Yes | Yes
8 | repo-oss | openSUSE-11.2-Oss | Yes | Yes
9 | repo-source | openSUSE-11.2-Source | No | Yes
You have new mail in /var/spool/mail/???
devilsbackbone:/usr/java/jre1.6.0_18/bin # zypper info java-1_6_0-sun
Retrieving repository ‘Packman Repository’ metadata [done]
Building repository ‘Packman Repository’ cache [done]
Retrieving repository ‘Updates for openSUSE 11.2-0’ metadata [done]
Building repository ‘Updates for openSUSE 11.2-0’ cache [done]
Loading repository data…
Reading installed packages…
Information for package java-1_6_0-sun:
Repository: Updates for openSUSE 11.2-0
Name: java-1_6_0-sun
Version: 1.6.0.u18-0.1.1
Arch: x86_64
Vendor: openSUSE
Installed: No
Status: not installed
Installed Size: 87.2 MiB
Summary: Java™ 6 Runtime Environment
Description:
ile system. It is the foundation of the
Nautilus file manager. It provides a modular architecture and ships
with several modules that implement support for file systems, HTTP,
FTP, and others. It provides a URI-based API, a back-end supporting
asynchronous file operations, a MIME type manipulation library, and
other features.
Noticed the line: Not installed but i have followed the instructions on the Java website at the end of which it returns the message Done as it’s supposed to and thats supposed to do it!?
It clearly hasn’t installed but i’m totally lost as to what to do next.
Thank you. Java is now installed but i am still getting the messages:
Enable Java or update Java and Java is out of date because the Java website tells me it’s out of date:
Verifying Java Version
Oops! You don’t have the recommended Java installed.
Your Java version is 1.6.0_0. Please click the button below to get the recommended Java for your computer.
NOTE: If you recently completed your Java software installation, you may need to restart your browser (close all browser windows and re-open) before verifying your installation.
Download Free Java for Linux
Version 6 Update 18
I have closed all browser windows and i still get the same messages saying i need to enable Java or Update it but the Java website says its enabled and out of date.
I’m still having trouble, a couple of websites i use are giving me grief. Other websites requiring Java are working a treat as usual but all of a sudden two of them are telling me i need Java updating or enabling.
In the process of updating Java it looks as though i disabled or messed Java up. But now its all working again accept these two websites i use. They still ask me to either enable or update java.
Java is now installed and enable and working but it is still out of date though.
These two websites are working fine from a Win7 computer with Java up to date.
So for now i’ll use a Windows Computer until SuSE updates Java automatically at some point over the next few days, weeks!
I have contacted these two companies about the problem, there response was “We don’t support Linux and or Firefox” But there websites were working on Linux using Firefox until Friday of last week! I don’t have an alternative company to use for the services they provide me.
Hey Ho!
My Dreams of moving over to SuSE Linux completely are scuppered once again, never mind.
So, if the websites with Java requirement are working successfully, that means you have installed the Java browser-plugin successfully.
Java isn’t disabled - as you mentioned above some websites are working.
Java is up-to-date - you can prove it with
zypper info java-1_6_0-sun
.
I assume that you have installed the Java browser-plugin as I suggested in my previous post.
Make sure that the plugin isn’t disabled. Open Firefox > Tools > Add-ons > Plugins > Java ™ Plugin …
Regarding to the response of these companies, it’s possible that they are no longer supporting Linux/Firefox - I haven’t figured out yet what’s that supposed to mean Linux AND OR Firefox. :sarcastic:
You can freely move over to openSUSE. Download Virtualbox from the repositories and install Windows and Java to your virtualized PC.
and click on “Verify Java Version” i’m told that my version of Java is out of date and i need to update it. I did this because all of a sudden without warning i could no longer use two web services that require Java installed and enabled for.
This is where i then messed things up by following instructions to update Java by downloading Linux 64bit java and installing it from the Java website.
Things went wrong.
I now have Java back and enabled thanks to your help but my problem continues. The Java website continues to inform me that my current version is out of date and the two websites that i’m having a problem with tell me i need to enable Java or update it.
Other websites that require Java are working without issues so far.
The test Verify Java Version shows that I have the latest Java installed (Version 6 Update 18).
First of all, I’ve just found out that the Java update is a separated package(patch) in zypper, and not the update of the previously installed package. So, make sure that you have installed both java-1_6_0-sun with package type and java-1_6_0-sun with patch type.
S | Name | Summary | Type
--+---------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------
i | java-1_6_0-sun | Java(TM) 6 Runtime Environment | package
| java-1_6_0-sun | Java(TM) 6 Runtime Environment | srcpackage
i | java-1_6_0-sun | java-1_6_0-sun: Update to bugfix release U18 | patch
.
If the test is still showing that your Java is out-of-date, remove all packages referring to Java:
restart your system and install just the Sun packages:
zypper in java-1_6_0-sun java-1_6_0-sun-plugin
.
It’s possible that the different browser-plugins - OpenJDK and Sun - making some incompatibility within Firefox, but it would be very weird and should be reported.