Akagra

I recently installed Ubuntu Intrepid (8.10) 64-bit Desktop and wanted to get Java working in Firefox 3. I had to do several things to get it working.

These are my steps, to the best of my recollection, at this point. I will try to go back and test them on a clean box and tidy them up asap.

Summary:

• Remove icedtea6-plugin
• Remove openjdk-6-jdk
• Remove gcj
• Install sun-java6-jdk
• Install sun-java6-bin
• Install jdk-6u12-linux-x64.bin (I installed to /usr/lib/jvm/
• Use update-alternatives/galternatives and set all the java related links to the proper locations
• ln -s /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.6.0_12/jre/lib/amd64/libnpjp2.so  /usr/lib/firefox-3.0.7/plugins/libnpjp2.so