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From: Jean-David Beyer on 24 Jun 2010 11:40
I recently got the 3.6.4 version of Firefox for (Red Hat Enterprise)
Linux (5). Java does not seem to exist anymore, though it worked until I
got the latest version. Java is no longer in the plugin list nor is it
in any menu.

I downloaded the latest Java, jre-6u20-linux-i586-rpm and installed it
with no trouble. It still does not appear in the plugin list or any of
the menus. If I look at

/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins

I see

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 39 Jun 22 21:00 libflashplayer.so ->
/usr/lib/flash-plugin/libflashplayer.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 53 Jun 23 10:51 libjavaplugin_oji.so ->
/usr/java/latest/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 39 May 11 15:13 nphelix.so ->
/opt/real/RealPlayer/mozilla/nphelix.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 40 May 11 15:13 nphelix.xpt ->
/opt/real/RealPlayer/mozilla/nphelix.xpt

that it is there. The other three plugins appear, but not java.

What should I check to resolve this?

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From: Bit Twister on 24 Jun 2010 12:15
On Thu, 24 Jun 2010 11:40:05 -0400, Jean-David Beyer wrote:

> I downloaded the latest Java, jre-6u20-linux-i586-rpm and installed it
> with no trouble. It still does not appear in the plugin list

jre Plugin name for that release is libnpjp2.so. Results from about:plugins

Java(TM) Plug-in 1.6.0_20

File: libnpjp2.so
Version:
The next generation Java plug-in for Mozilla browsers.

I am running Mandriva Linux and the link is

$ cd /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
$ ls -al libnpjp2.so

<snip> libnpjp2.so -> /usr/java/default/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so

From: Jean-David Beyer on 24 Jun 2010 12:29
Bit Twister wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Jun 2010 11:40:05 -0400, Jean-David Beyer wrote:
>
>> I downloaded the latest Java, jre-6u20-linux-i586-rpm and installed it
>> with no trouble. It still does not appear in the plugin list
>
> jre Plugin name for that release is libnpjp2.so. Results from about:plugins
>
> Java(TM) Plug-in 1.6.0_20
>
> File: libnpjp2.so
> Version:
> The next generation Java plug-in for Mozilla browsers.
>
> I am running Mandriva Linux and the link is
>
> $ cd /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
> $ ls -al libnpjp2.so
>
> <snip> libnpjp2.so -> /usr/java/default/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so
>
Thank you. That fixed it. I wish the Firefox web site would have
mentioned it.

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From: David W. Hodgins on 24 Jun 2010 12:22
On Thu, 24 Jun 2010 11:40:05 -0400, Jean-David Beyer <jeandavid8(a)verizon.net> wrote:

> I recently got the 3.6.4 version of Firefox for (Red Hat Enterprise)
> Linux (5). Java does not seem to exist anymore, though it worked until I
> got the latest version. Java is no longer in the plugin list nor is it
> in any menu.

I have the jdk package, instead of the jre. The java plugin opera and
firefox use here is ...
$ ll /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libnpjp2.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 45 2010-03-27 19:53 /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libnpjp2.so -> ../../../java/latest/jre/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so

Regards, Dave Hodgins

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From: Bit Twister on 24 Jun 2010 12:52
On Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:29:20 -0400, Jean-David Beyer wrote:

> Thank you. That fixed it. I wish the Firefox web site would have
> mentioned it.

Why is firefox required to know plugin file names.

The plugin vendor's site should mention it in it's install instructions,
or in the packages file documentation.

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