Java 6 update 10 on Ubuntu 8.10 && Firefox November 5, 2008
Posted by claudio in Uncategorized.Tags: 6u10, Java, Ubuntu
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EDIT: Then new Ubuntu release (9.04) fixes this problem, and installing the plugin can be done by typing this in a console: sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin sun-java6-fonts
When I wanted to test some new features of the latest java 6 re update, I noticed that firefox wasn’t showing any applets at all. Reviving applets from the death is probably voodoo business, but anyway, there is an easy solution:
Install the sun jre (openjdk6 is installed by default):
$ sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin
Enable the firefox plugin:
$ sudo ln -s /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.10/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so /usr/lib/firefox/plugins/
That’s it.
You can test your java-firefox installation here.
thanks
Great. Finally a real and simple solution. Thank you.
that really didnt help my says this dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run ‘dpkg –configure -a’ to correct the problem. how do i fix this?
The error is not related to the fix but to a half-installed package. Just do:
$ sudo dpkg –configure -a(To configure wha’ts pending.)
If you still have problems, do:
$ sudo apt-get -f install(This will remove or install the conflicting packages.)
After this, just create the link of the fix.
Regards,
C.
Thanks a lot, saved me a lot of work!
Does this work on the AMD64 version of Ubuntu?
There is now a beta 64-bit browser plugin: https://jdk6.dev.java.net/6uNea.html