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Thread: Java Not Working with Firefox 3.0.15 (Ubuntu 9.04)

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    Angry [SOLVED] Java Not Working with Firefox 3.0.15 (Ubuntu 9.04)

    I have currently installed:
    • Ubuntu 9.04 - the Jaunty Jackalope
    • Firefox 3.0.15 (Firefox About window)
    • Java Console 6.0.02 (Firefox Extension window) (removed)
    • Sun Java 6 Runtime (Add/Remove Applications)
    • Sun Java 6.0 Plugin (Add/Remove Applications)
    • OpenJDK Java 6 Web Start (Add/Remove Applications) (removed)
    • OpenJDK Java 6 Runtime (Add/Remove Applications) (removed)
    • Java(TM) Plug-in 1.6.0_16 (Firefox Plugins window)


    I install Sun Java 6.0 Plugin from the Add/Remove Applications, finding it peculiar that its popularity is 1/5 stars.

    I navigate to Do I have Java? to see if it will "detect Java on [my] computer". I get the following error:
    Oops! You don't have the recommended Java installed.
    Your Java version is 1.6.0_0. Please click the button below to get the recommended Java for your computer.
    It wants me to download Version 6 Update 17.

    Under the Firefox Plugins, I note that I have "IcedTea Java Web Browser Plugin" and "Java(TM) Plug-in 1.6.0_16" enabled. I disable the latter, which also disables the former: they are somehow linked to each other. When this is done, the Java test times out, redirecting me to How do I test whether Java is working on my computer?. With these add-ons disabled, it appears equivalent to disabling Java for Firefox: indeed, I found the "Enable Java" box unchecked, and checking it enabled those same two plugins.

    I uninstall the "Ubufox extension for Firefox" from the Add/Remove Applications (also 1/5 star Popularity), since I can't figure out what it does, and maybe it's the problem.

    I download jre-6u17-linux-i586.bin, move it to /home/daniel/programs, look at Installing .bin in Ubuntu and run the commands:
    Code:
    chmod 755 jre-6u17-linux-i586.bin
    ./jre-6u17-linux-i586.bin
    I successfully install it -- the remainder of the output:
    extracting: jre1.6.0_17/lib/zi/Asia/Kabul
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    Done.
    But there is no change in the response from Do I have Java?.

    I uninstall "Icedtea Java Plugin" from Add/Remove Applications. I navigate to Do I have Java? to see if it will "detect Java on [my] computer". I get the following error:
    Oops! You don't have the recommended Java installed.
    Your Java version is Version 6 Update 16.
    It wants me to download Version 6 Update 17.

    I uninstall "Sun Java 6.0 Plugin" from Add/Remove Applications. Firefox then prompts me at the page Do I have Java? that I need to install additional plugins, so I close Firefox and reinstall it.

    I reinstall "jre-6u17-linux-i586.bin", overwriting the previous installation. I close and reopen Firefox, and clear Browsing History, Saved Form and Search History, Cache and Authenticated Sessions. I close and reopen Firefox. No change: it still says I have Version 6 Update 16.

    What do I do now?

    Please help me; I want to play Chess at pogo.com and they require Java. I am trying to learn how to make computers do what I want, and I am so very discouraged, because it seems even when everything is installed, it still doesn't work.

    EDIT: At the instruction of people who read this thread (in Yahoo Chat room), I
    1. uninstalled Java Console 6.0.02
    2. created folder "plugins" at /home/daniel/.mozilla/firefox
    3. copied file "/home/daniel/programs/jre1.6.0_17/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so" to it
    4. uninstalled openjdk-6-jre packages (Synaptic Package Manager)
    5. uninstalled default-jre packages
    6. uninstalled icedtea-6-jre-cacao
    Last edited by newagelink; December 4th, 2009 at 11:00 AM. Reason: added more time spent
    peace

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    Re: [SOLVED] Java Not Working with Firefox 3.0.15 (Ubuntu 9.04)

    Apparently uninstalling the excess software, and possibly adding the plugins folder and copy/pasting the file into it as instructed -- some combination fixed the problem; I apparently only needed to reboot my computer: the Java applet is now working with Chess at pogo.com.

    Thanks yahoo chat people!
    peace

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