How do I get the SUN Java plugin to work in Firefox 8.0 or Seamonkey 2.6?
After a recent automatic upgrade of Firefox on my Xubuntu 11.04 system, the SUN Java plugin is no longer recognized by Firefox. I tried the old method of manually symlinking the corresponding library to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins and various other directories that contained plugins, but to no avail. Other plugins like Flash work fine. Having the SUN Java plugin working is a must for me in order to be able to access my online bank, the Citrix server at my workplace, etc.
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Try to create a plugins folder in the Firefox Profile Folder and place a symlink to the JP2 Java plugin file (libnpjp2.so) in that folder.
You can use this button to go to the Firefox profile folder:
- Help > Troubleshooting Information > Profile Directory: Open Containing Folder
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Επιλεγμένη λύση
Try to create a plugins folder in the Firefox Profile Folder and place a symlink to the JP2 Java plugin file (libnpjp2.so) in that folder.
You can use this button to go to the Firefox profile folder:
- Help > Troubleshooting Information > Profile Directory: Open Containing Folder
Also, Exit Firefox and rename the pluginreg.dat in your profile folder and start Firefox again. This may help to reinitialize the plugins that Firefox recognizes.
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Useful links:
Going beyond Tools > Options - about:config
Page Info Tools (Alt + T) > Page Info, Right-click > View Page Info
Firefox Profile Folder & Files
Τροποποιήθηκε στις από το χρήστη Vivek
cor-el and Vivek.Wilfred,
Thank you very much for your swift replies! In the end, I managed to solve my problem for all users of my computer at once by creating a symbolic link in the directory /usr/lib/firefox-addons/plugins to the file /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so. the two important points were (1) to use libnpjp2.so instead of the file libjavaplugin_oji.so, as indicated on http://plugindoc.mozdev.org, and (2) to put this into /usr/lib/firefox-addons/plugins.