Add Java Runtime Environment to firefox3.0.8 in ubuntu8.10

Add a Java Runtime Environment to firefox3.0.8 in ubuntu8.10

 

It is quite easy to install JRE for IE in windows, to compile (non-Apt-Get mode ):

 

1. To http://www.java.com/zh_CN/download/manual.jsp
Download the jre-6u23-linux-i586.bin.

 

2. Copy the jre-6u23-linux-i586.bin to a permission directory in Ubuntu, such as my/hd2.

 

3. Execute./jre-6u23-linux-i586.bin
After self-decompression, A jre1.6.0 _ 23 file is generated in the current directory.
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4. Find the location of the plugin for firefox3.0.8 on Ubuntu, my is/usr/lib/firefox-3.0.8/plugins
.

 

5. Go to the/usr/lib/firefox-3.0.8/Plugins directory and create a software link to the libjavaplugin-oji.so:

Ln-S/hd2/jre1.6.0 _ 23/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin-oji.so

 

6. Add the Java console menu for firefox3.0.8:

CD/usr/lib/firefox-3.0.8/extensions

Unzip/hd2/jre1.6.0 _ 23/lib/deploy/ffjcext.zip

 

7. Close all Firefox windows and restart Firefox. A Java console is displayed under the Tools menu.

 

8. Okay, firefox3.0.8. Now you can execute the Java applet.