I recently installed java jre and it worked fine I played online games just fine I went to bed and woke up and now I cannot play online games it says I need the plugin that I installed before I went to bed and it worked fine I checked to see if my symbolic link was still there and it was I also checked to see if the java plugin was still there and it was I check my browser to see if java was enabled and it was I am using mozilla. One thing I wanted to try was to remove java and reinstall it however when I try to delete the folder in the window access is denied when I try to delete it from command line under root it says It cannot because the folder is not empty I tried the man pages about the rmdir command and it says nothing about a switch that would ignore or over ride this what I need to know is how to remove the java folder and all its subdirectories any help would be appreciated

The command to remove the Java folder completey is:

rm = remove
-rf = recursively force

The -r is the one that can delete the directory and its sub-directories.
-f is to force without prompting for deletion. Be careful when using it.

Depending on where you installed the java folder, you may have to log in as root to remove it.

ok ive deleted the folder thank you now when I try to reinstall java it says its already installed I go to the package manager and it is not listed

It looks like youl're installing Java from an RPM or something. Are you trying to install Java for your internet browser (Mozilla/Firefox)? If so, it's a really simple process if that's the case. If you're trying to install Java systemwide, then that is a little more complex and out of my league. Let me know which one you are trying to do and we can walk you through it.