On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 1:51 AM, edik landave elwanka@gmail.com wrote:
#replace the java version name for the one you have downloaded #This have worked for me:
- Download jre-6u27-linux-i586.bin from the SUN site.
- su-->pwd-->mv jre-6u27-linux-i586.bin to /usr/local
- chmod u+x jre-6u27-linux-i586.bin
- verify permissions: ls -l
- ./jre-6u27-linux-i586.bin
- Do you agree? Yes.-->Done
- It's installed under: /usr/local/jre1.6.0_27
- cd ../lib/firefox/plugins/
- ln -s /usr/local/jre1.6.0_27/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so .
10.Edit > Preferences. Under Advanced category > Select Enable Java
Might be better to use Oracle jre 7 rather than Sun jre 6 as the latter is about to be obsoleted.