Difficulty installing Java Runtime on Scientific Linux 6.0

walterbyrd · 05-07-2011, 10:09 PM

AMD 64-bit quad core
Scientific Linux 6.0
Firefox 3.6

Firefox is complaining that I need a java plugin. Apparently, it has to be installed manually. I managed to download jre-6u25-linux-x64.bin and saved it on my desktop. Then a ran jre-6u25-linux-x64.bin and it created a directory on my desktop called jre-6.0_25. Within the directory there the following subdirectories: bin, javaws, lib, man, and plugin.

At this point, I am completely bewildered.

walterbyrd · 05-07-2011, 11:10 PM

Okay, I got it.

I got the instructions from this page:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/ja...ux-136395.html

I logged in as root.

I moved the jre1.6.0_25 directory to /usr/local/

Then went to the /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/ directory.

Closed firefox.

Then linked:

# ln -s /usr/local/jre1.6.0_25/lib/amd64/libnpjp2.so .

Opened firefox and entered "about

lugins" in the URL. And there is was.

John VV · 05-08-2011, 01:47 PM

you might want to use the forum tools and mark this as ( solved) if it is

also keep in mind that SL like RHEL dose a lot of things manually

it is nice and stable - perfect for the lab , but not so great for home use .