Making the Java plug-in available to Firefox users (Linux only)

Use this procedure on Linux® systems to make the Java™ plug-in available to Mozilla Firefox users. You must symbolically link the plug-in, rather than copy it, so that it can locate the JVM.

Procedure

  1. Log in as root.
  2. Change to your Firefox plug-ins directory (which differs, depending on the Linux distributions). 
    cd /usr/local/mozilla-firefox/plugins/
  3. Create a symbolic link to the plug-in.
    To link with a First-generation, or Classic plug-in: 
     ln -s install_dir/jre/plugin/<arch>/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so .
    To link with a Next-Generation plug-in, which is available only with IA32:
     ln -s install_dir/jre/lib/<arch>/libnpjp2.so .
    where <arch> is the architecture of your system.