java refusing to install!!!!!

[Thirsteh]

rock_freak, type the following in a terminal:

sudo ln -s /usr/java/jre1.5.0_06 /usr/java/default

See if that helps.

[Viro]

still no joy!!!! any other ideas my java is installed in /usr/java/jre1.5.0_06/

i am running the amd64 version of ubuntu so tht could have something to dowith it and the 64bit version of java is installed!!!!!!!

If you're running the 64 bit version of Java, you may need to change the path of the plug-in. The path that was given to you was for the i386 (i.e. 32 bit version). Try substituting the i386 in the path with whatever the 64 bit architecture is called. I don't have a 64 bit machine, so I can't say.

So your final command should be something like

 cd /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/plugins/
sudo ln -s /usr/java/jre1.5.0_06/plugin/$YOUR_ARCHITECTURE$/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so

Try that and see if it will work.