[fedora-india] Fedora 13 + Firefox + JRE (sun java)

[Ashwin]

On Monday 14 June 2010 01:53 PM, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> On 06/14/2010 01:48 PM, Ashwin wrote:
>>
>> After a fresh install of Fedora 13 (same was true for Fedora 12 also)
>> OpenJDK does not show up in *about:plugins* on Firefox.
>>
>> Therefore, Firefox fails (with plugin missing error) to load the java
>> applet required in the authentication process of internet banking
>> website of my banker.
>>
>> I too prefer to keep my PC full of open source software and use the
>> least amount of closed source software (even if free for use). I
>> cannot avoid my banker though. :)
>>
>> Any pointers to configure the OpenJDK to show up in Firefox, I am
>> willing to try.
>
> You will have to install the package first.  Yum search would have told
> you the right package to install.
>
> # yum java-1.6.0-openjdk-plugin

Yes. Installed at the time of fresh install of Fedora 13.

Just for additional info :-

[root at vast ~]# rpm -qa | grep openjdk
java-1.6.0-openjdk-plugin-1.6.0.0-39.b18.fc13.i686
java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-39.b18.fc13.i686
[root at vast ~]#

[root at vast ~]# alternatives --config java

There are 3 programs which provide 'java'.

   Selection    Command
-----------------------------------------------
*+ 1           /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.6.0-openjdk/bin/java
    2           /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.5.0-gcj/bin/java
    3           /usr/java/jre1.6.0_20/bin/java

Enter to keep the current selection[+], or type selection number: 1
[root at vast ~]#


Just now I found this while googling :-

http://fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=239042

Any agreement with the above post on fedoraforum.org ?
Should I wait for any other suggestions without rawhide ?
Or should I try with rawhide ?

with Regards,
ASHWIN