Installing Java plugin for Mozilla Firefox on Linux

Note: Paths will differ depending on which Linux distro and Mozilla version you're using.

2004 Linux distros

Download Java from http://java.sun.com/j2se

ln -s /usr/java/j2re1.4.2_04/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/
ln -s /usr/java/j2re1.4.2_04/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so /usr/lib/mozilla-1.6/plugins/

2002 Linux distros

This worked during 2002 but may be out-of-date (?) as of April 2004 (sorry)

1. Download the Java run-time (or SDK) from Sun.

2. In your ~/.mozilla directory, make a symlink to the Java plugin.
   (Galeon will notice the symlink in ~/.mozilla.)

   
   cd ~/.mozilla
   mkdir plugins
   cd plugins
   ln -s /usr/java/j2sdk1.4.1_01/jre/plugin/i386/ns610/libjavaplugin_oji.so