Prompt to install Plugin on Firefox Browser?

suse2166 · 03-27-2005, 08:42 AM

To whom it may concern

On My FireFox, I kept getting an message to "Click Here to install Plugin".
When I click here to install Plugin it says " The following Plugin is ready to install (Java Runtime Environment). I click next and Java Runtime is not available for install ... than I Run Manual install. When I run Manual Install for Java Runtime and it take me to Java web site too Download the lastest Java but I have the lastest Java running on my machine already.

Java is already install on my Suse Machine, I have version jre_1.5.0 install on my machine.
I have a Icon for Java on my Suse Start Program Menu.

Why I'am my getting request to install Java when I already have Java in my machine. thanks

titopoquito · 03-27-2005, 09:03 AM

You have to create a symlink to the Java plugin in your Firefox browser's plugin directory.
Search for libjavaplugin (I think it's called libjavaplugin_oji.so, sorry, running Windows right now) on your computer.
Then locate where firefox is installed; make the link in /path-to-firefox/plugins

suse2166 · 03-27-2005, 09:42 AM

How do you make the link in /path-firefox/pluggins on firefox?
I found the libjavaplugin_oji.so file on my directory.

harken · 03-27-2005, 09:47 AM

Code:

ln -s libjavapugin_oji.so /path-firefox/plugins/libjavaplugin_oji.so

executed from libjavaplugin_oji.so's directory.

suse2166 · 03-27-2005, 10:18 AM

thanks tito & Harken

I'm getting this error message

linux:/usr/java/jre1.5.0_01/plugin/i386/ns7 # dir *.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 134116 2004-12-07 01:50 libjavaplugin_oji.so

linux:/usr/java/jre1.5.0_01/plugin/i386/ns7 # ln -s libjavaplugin_oji.so /path-firefox/plugins/libjavaplugin_oji.so
ln: creating symbolic link `/path-firefox/plugins/libjavaplugin_oji.so' to `libjavaplugin_oji.so': No such file or directory

harken · 03-27-2005, 10:27 AM

You should replace "path-firefox" with your actual location of Firefox. For example, if Firefox is installed in /home/firefox-installer, you should run these two commands:

Code:

cd  usr/java/jre1.5.0_01/plugin/i386/ns7
ln -s libjavapugin_oji.so /home/firefox-installer/plugins/libjavaplugin_oji.so

See if this works. Again, if FF isn't installed under /home/firefox-installer, change the path accordingly.
And it's harken, not Harden.

suse2166 · 03-27-2005, 10:48 AM

thanks Harken (I did say Harken)
and the command work ... Now the file exits in the firefox-installer directory....

suse2166 · 03-27-2005, 01:57 PM

Firefox Pluggin Still not working. I am steel been prompted for Java Pluggins. thanks

harken · 03-28-2005, 04:14 AM

Ok, sorry, I think I misguided you. Try the following:

Code:

cd /home/firefox-installer/plugins
rm libjavaplugin_oji.so
ln -s /usr/java/jre1.5.0_01/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so

Again, replace /home/firefox-installer with the adequate path. The rm command will remove the previously created symlink as it's not working. The reason is that the the previous commands I gave you created a link to another location...again, sorry, I must have been thinking at something else. This set of commands should work however.

suse2166 · 03-28-2005, 03:16 PM

That okay Harken

Should i reboot the machine because I closed Firefox and reopened an its prompting me again to install the FireFox Manual Plugin....

titopoquito · 03-29-2005, 02:34 AM

There is no need to reboot your computer. Just close Firefox and start it again, that is enough for the changes to take place.

Glad you got it working

suse2166 · 03-29-2005, 03:54 PM

thank Tito...

I'm still getting prompted for Manual Pluggin of Java Environment (Manual)!. Thanks

titopoquito · 03-29-2005, 04:29 PM

Hm, have you maybe Java disabled in your Firefox browser?

suse2166 · 03-29-2005, 04:44 PM

Hi Tito

on my Firefox Toolbar (Edit - Preferrences and Web features) ... Java is enable and envance Java Script is enable...

techbsc · 05-01-2006, 07:53 PM

I found I had to repoint the java.java_plugin_library_name to the correct file in the firefox about:config url.