Firefox and java plugin

[Akshay Vyas]

On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 8:08 PM, David <dgboles at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 5/8/2012 11:37 AM, Terry Polzin wrote:
>>
>> For some reason in firefox the java plugin refuses to install.  In
>> order to do my job I have to use jre and not IcedTea or some other what
>> I call "fake" java.  I have alternatives set correctly as my f16
>> machine but the java 1.6.26 plugin does not show up in about:plugins
>> screen or allow my apps to run.  Yes, I am forced to stay at this older
>> version of jre due to the limitations of the apps I run.
>>
>> ls -l /etc/alternatives/lib*
>> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 43 May  8 11:16
>> /etc/alternatives/libjavaplugin.so.x86_64 ->
>> /usr/java/jre1.6.0_26/lib/amd64/libnpjp2.so
>>
>> ls -l /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/
>> lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root     41 May  8 11:16 libjavaplugin.so ->
>> /etc/alternatives/libjavaplugin.so.x86_64
>
>
> The latest Java 6 is u32. The Latest Java 7 us u4

 i tried installing the new version downloaded it from
http://java.com/en/download/linux_manual.jsp?locale=en

installed successfully
[root at hackerhost akshay]# rpm -qa | grep jre
jre-1.7.0_04-fcs.i586

but firefox says that says that the java im using is
outdated attached the screenshot,i think for firefox latest java is
still  Java 6 is u32
>
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