Upgrade firefox in slackware 12.1 and install jre plugins

vitalstrike82 · 10-16-2010, 12:36 PM

Hi,

i'm having trouble installing the jre in firefox3.6.

I'm using slackware 12.1 which comes with the default firefox 2.

Downloaded 3.6 into my systems this is where i install:

Code:

root@linux:/usr/lib/firefox3.6

I download the jre 6 from the java website and this is where i install:

Code:

chongming@linux:/usr/local/jre1.6.0_21

I create a symbolic link into the firefox3.6 plugin folder using this command:

Code:

root@linux:/usr/lib/firefox3.6/plugins# ln -s /usr/local/jre1.6.0_21//plugin/i386/ns7-gcc29/libjavaplugin_oji.so

Double check to see if the link exists:

Code:

root@linux:/usr/lib/firefox3.6/plugins# ls -l
total 20
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    66 2010-10-17 01:24 libjavaplugin_oji.so -> /usr/local/jre1.6.0_21//plugin/i386/ns7-gcc29/libjavaplugin_oji.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 15716 2010-10-17 00:49 libnullplugin.so

Restart the firefox and type about

lugins, the java plugin does not exists. I went to the java website and test to see if jre is install in firefox, but could not detect.

This is the permission for the firefox 3.6 dir in the /usr/lib path:

Code:

root@linux:/usr/lib# ls -ld firefox3.6/
drwxr-xr-x 13 root root 4096 2010-10-17 00:49 firefox3.6/

Is there any where i miss or i install the symbolic link in the wrong plugin folder? where does the firefox read its plugins?

bathory · 10-17-2010, 07:59 AM

Hi,

Later versions of firefox use libnpjp2.so instead of libjavaplugin_oji.so.
Also it's better to put firefox plugins into /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
(or usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins if using Slack64). So try:

Code:

ln -s /usr/local/jre1.6.0_21/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins