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java plugin doesn't work, even though it's installed correctly and java programs work.

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As stated. I have a link in ~/.mozilla/plugin that points to test/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so, which is the java 6 update 21 runtime environment.

Java doesn't show in about:plugins, and java applets don't start (firefox suggests to install missing plugins).

Java programs using the jre outside the browser work.

This is on Linux 32-bits, Slackware 13.0, kernel 2.6.34.

As stated. I have a link in ~/.mozilla/plugin that points to test/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so, which is the java 6 update 21 runtime environment. Java doesn't show in about:plugins, and java applets don't start (firefox suggests to install missing plugins). Java programs using the jre outside the browser work. This is on Linux 32-bits, Slackware 13.0, kernel 2.6.34.

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cor-el
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As stated. I have a link in ~/.mozilla/plugin that points to test/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so, which is the java 6 update 21 runtime environment.

Where did you read that?

See http://kb.mozillazine.org/Java

In Firefox 3.6 and later versions you need the Next-Generation Java™ Plug-In present in Java 6 U10 and later (Linux: libnpjp2.so; Windows: npjp2.dll). 

http://java.com/en/download/faq/firefox_newplugin.xml
http://java.sun.com/javase/6/webnotes/install/jre/manual-plugin-install-linux.html



ln -s /usr/local/java/jre1.6.0_20/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so libnpjp2.so
ln -s /usr/lib/jvm/jre/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libnpjp2.so (java-1_6_0-sun-plugin)

Modified by cor-el