JRE add-on for Firefox

[jmadero]

I have pretty much everything up in Ubuntu but....JRE is having some issues. I followed the instructions on the JRE website and when I created the symbolic link it said "Creating symbolic link.....file exists" or something like that. Then it says to restart firefox and look in the advanced tab in the preferences to enable java script....nothing like that exists. Any help would be appreciated.



jmadero

[abhishek456]

you will find "enable java script" in content tab of preferences

[jmadero]

I actually saw that and they are checked....but when I try to access something that requires java it says that I don't have the plug-in installed. I have only really tried one site (scottrade) but I just went to this site:

Test Java Virtual Machine - 1.4.2_xx, 1.5.0, 6.0, 1.3.0_xx, 1.3.1_xx, 1.4.0_xx, 1.4.1_xx

to test if Java is working and it says it's not....not clear on why there is the option in the preferences and it is checked but it's not working. Thanks for the help

[devils casper]

for Ubuntu 7.04, execute this

sudo apt-get install sun-java6-plugin

for Ubuntu 6.06/6.10,

sudo apt-get install sun-java5-plugin

it will install all necessary packages and plugins.

[jmadero]

Thanks for all the help, problem is solved. I am still not clear why it wouldn't have worked just by downloading the package on Java's website and following the instructions.


jmadero

[devils casper]

there must be linking problems. one should always use apt-get to install packages. 16000+ packages are available in sources.