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Old 02-03-2012, 02:40 AM   #1
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how to enable java in firefox 10 without root access


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
 
Old 02-03-2012, 02:48 AM   #2
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2.6.18-238.el5
 
Old 02-03-2012, 03:14 AM   #3
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Try to put the file in
Code:
/home/user/.mozilla/pugins/
directory

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Old 02-03-2012, 03:20 AM   #4
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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?
 
Old 02-03-2012, 03:41 AM   #5
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Sorry, this was for flash.
Instal java in your
Code:
/home/user/
directory
Then do:
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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

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Old 02-03-2012, 03:50 AM   #6
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# export
export: Command not found.

no such export command
 
Old 02-03-2012, 03:53 AM   #7
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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
 
Old 02-07-2012, 07:38 AM   #8
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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".
 
Old 02-07-2012, 07:25 PM   #9
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i do not have this file /etc/alternatives/xulrunner-1.9-javaplugin.so libjavaplugin.so
 
Old 02-07-2012, 07:27 PM   #10
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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
 
Old 02-07-2012, 07:55 PM   #11
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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]

Last edited by casualzone; 02-07-2012 at 07:56 PM.
 
Old 02-08-2012, 10:08 AM   #12
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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.

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Old 02-10-2012, 02:04 AM   #13
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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
 
Old 02-10-2012, 02:05 AM   #14
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