Webex on firefox under opensuse 12.3

Webex presently (2013) supports only linux 32bit browser and jre 1.6 (not higher). Below is the procedure to get webex working on a x86_64 system running under opensuse 12.3.

1/ Install Firefox 32bit
MozillaFirefox-21.0-3.1.i586.rpm

2/ Install JRE from Oracle Java SE max version 1.6u45 (no higher release).

3/ Link to firefox plugin list :
In /usr/lib/browser-plugins (previous firefox version /usr/bin/firefox/plugins) create the following link :
ln -s /usr/java/jre1.6.0_45/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so .

4/ Enjoy VOIP sound, whiteboard and desktop sharing with webex on opensuse12.3 rotfl!

I can not understand point 3. It looks as if you want to post a command to be done. But you forgot the CODE tags and I now I can not understand what is command and what is story. Is this one or two ln commands and what are the TARGET(s) and is/are are the LINK_NAME(s)?

Is cisco stuck in 2000 CE something ? Why do these guys still stick to 32 bit stuff?

On Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:56:02 +0000, vazhavandan wrote:

> marlenes;2565615 Wrote:
>> Webex presently (2013) supports only linux 32bit browser and jre 1.6
>> (not higher).
> Is cisco stuck in 2000 CE something ? Why do these guys still stick to
> 32 bit stuff?

Presumably because it works for them, and 64-bit versions don’t give them
anything additional.

Jim


Jim Henderson
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On 2013-06-19 02:35, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:56:02 +0000, vazhavandan wrote:
>
>> marlenes;2565615 Wrote:
>>> Webex presently (2013) supports only linux 32bit browser and jre 1.6
>>> (not higher).
>> Is cisco stuck in 2000 CE something ? Why do these guys still stick to
>> 32 bit stuff?
>
> Presumably because it works for them, and 64-bit versions don’t give them
> anything additional.

Acrobat reader is also 32 bit. Installing it brings in the entire 32 bit
stack.

Improving means money…


Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 12.3 x86_64 “Dartmouth” at Telcontar)

we do pay for webex but we don’t pay for acrobat reader :wink: Hence webex should support 64 bit

Here is another HOWTO on getting WebEx to run on openSUSE:

Thank you very much.
I works.
I have tried it in Rosa Marathon 64-bit LTS.
I have installed firefox 32-bit and JRE 1.7.