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I'm trying to manually install the Java plugin for Firefox 4 on Mac OS X v10.9 (Mavericks) (I got Firefox 4 from the PPA), but it seems the usual instructions don't work. I've tried doing both

cd ~/.mozilla/plugins
ln -s $JAVA_HOME/jre/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so .

and

cd /usr/lib/firefox
ln -s $JAVA_HOME/jre/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so .

but I still get the "missing plugin" warning in Firefox. It used to work fine for Firefox 3.6. Also, after doing the first above, Chromium is able to pick up the Java plugin without problems. In case it makes any difference I'm running Oracle's "vanilla" JDK, not the Ubuntu sun-java-6-bin package.

Peter Mortensen
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agnul
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  • Are you using 32-bit Ubuntu or 64-bit version? Is the JAVA_HOME environment variable set to the actual location of the Java installation? – BZ1 Jun 21 '11 at 04:23
  • 32bit ubuntu, JAVA_HOME set and pointing to the JDK install directory, I've even fixed the alternatives system. – agnul Jun 22 '11 at 14:44
  • is $JAVA_HOME set? (does echo $JAVA_HOME give a path to the JRE path?) – Lekensteyn Jul 22 '11 at 07:09
  • yup, JAVA_HOME is set and points to /usr/local/java which is a symlink to the jdk. – agnul Jul 22 '11 at 12:21

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If you run the Oracle Java standalone installer (.bin file), it will just extract the java directory from the archive. It will not create the environment variable JAVA_HOME. It is best if you extract the java archive to a folder such as /usr/java.

Next, find the folder where Firefox is installed. It will have a directory named plugins there. In this directory, create a soft link to the file libnpjp2.so.

On my computer, I did with these commands. It will be different in yours.

cd /usr/lib/firefox-3.6.3/plugins
sudo ln -s /usr/java/jre1.6.0_20/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so  .

After doing this, you can type about:plugins in Firefox to check the plugin availability in the browser.

BZ1
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You can refer to this website to get the latest version of Java and the Java plugin working:

Easy Linux Tips: Install Java

scouser73
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    Instructions on that page boil down to the usual "create a symlink somewhere in your home". Still doesn't work on firefox4. – agnul Jun 15 '11 at 07:57