Installing Java Plugin on Mozilla/Firefox for Linux

To install the Java plugin, download the JRE for Linux from http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/download.html.

That page also has installation instructions.

After you have installed Java, then you must install the plugin by creating a symbolic link from the java plugin library to the mozilla plugins directory:

  cd where-ever-you-installed-mozilla
 cd plugins

 # If your system has GCC 3.2 (RedHat 8 or 9) do:
 ln -s path-to-java/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so .

 # Otherwise:
 ln -s path-to-java/plugin/i386/ns610/libjavaplugin_oji.so .