how to enable java in firefox 10 without root access

casualzone · 02-03-2012, 03:40 AM

hi

I have installed firefox 10 (the latest one) into my local /home/firefox/
I am able to launch firefox from /home/firefox/firefox
however the firefox browser did not come with java enable.
I have installed java into /home/jre1.6.0_30/
BUT the browser still cannot get the java

How could I enable java in the browser
NOTE: i do not have root access
thx

casualzone · 02-03-2012, 03:48 AM

uname -r
2.6.18-238.el5

repo · 02-03-2012, 04:14 AM

Try to put the file in

Code:

/home/user/.mozilla/pugins/

directory

Kind regards

casualzone · 02-03-2012, 04:20 AM

It has only two folder in the /home/user/.mozilla/
they are extensions & firefox

may i know put which file into /home/user/.mozilla/plugins/ ?
shall i create a folder call plugins?

repo · 02-03-2012, 04:41 AM

Sorry, this was for flash.
Instal java in your

Code:

/home/user/

directory
Then do:

Code:

export JAVA_HOME=/home/user/jre1.6.0_30/
export PATH=/home/user/jre1.6.0_30/bin:$PATH
java -version

Logout, and log back in, and see if it works

Kind regards

casualzone · 02-03-2012, 04:50 AM

# export
export: Command not found.

no such export command

casualzone · 02-03-2012, 04:53 AM

i have create plugins folder in /home/user/.mozilla/plugins
cd to the folder, then make a soft links:

ln -s /home/user/misc/java/jre1.6.0_30/lib/amd64/libnpjp2.so libnpjp2.so

restart the firefox, still cannot get java

zekkerj · 02-07-2012, 08:38 AM

Try the following command:

cd ~/firefox/plugins && ln -s /etc/alternatives/xulrunner-1.9-javaplugin.so libjavaplugin.so

Restart firefox and open "about:plugins" and "http://java.com/en/download/testjava.jsp".

casualzone · 02-07-2012, 08:25 PM

i do not have this file /etc/alternatives/xulrunner-1.9-javaplugin.so libjavaplugin.so

casualzone · 02-07-2012, 08:27 PM

i tried out this in /home/user/.mozilla/plugins/ but still not working
libjavaplugin_jni.so -> /home/user/misc/java/jre1.6.0_30/lib/amd64/libjavaplugin_jni.so

casualzone · 02-07-2012, 08:55 PM

Code:

LoadPlugin: failed to initialize shared library /home/user/misc/java/jre1.6.0_30/lib/amd64/libjavaplugin_jni.so [/home/user/misc/java/jre1.6.0_30/lib/amd64/libjavaplugin_jni.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64]

LoadPlugin: failed to initialize shared library /home/user/misc/java/jre1.6.0_30/lib/amd64/libnpjp2.so [/home/user/misc/java/jre1.6.0_30/lib/amd64/libnpjp2.so    : wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64]

LoadPlugin: failed to initialize shared library /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-sun-1.6.0.22.x86_64/jre/lib/amd64/libjavaplugin_jni.so [/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-sun-1.6.0.22.x86_64/jre/lib/amd64/libjavaplugin_jni.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64]

zekkerj · 02-08-2012, 11:08 AM

Don't try to work with ".mozilla" directory, this is your profile, and you need to set up this in the installation directory (/home/user/firefox, as you said).

EDIT: From the last message, seems that you've installed a 32 bit version of Firefox. If this is the case, you'll need the 32 bit version of java also, not the 64bit version shipped with your machine.

casualzone · 02-10-2012, 03:04 AM

when i type about: in the firefox
it shows as below:
Build identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686 on x86_64; rv:10.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/10.0

so i think my firefox 10 is in x86_64

casualzone · 02-10-2012, 03:05 AM

uname -a
Linux machine_name 2.6.18-238.el5 #1 SMP Sun Dec 19 14:22:44 EST 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux