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Roy Stuivenberg wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm having a problem getting java to work on Firefox 2.
>
> diablo-jre16 latest version is installed.
> After about:plugins it doesn't show.
> Manual says to enter this as root, and so I do that.
> ln -s /usr/local/diablo-jre1.6.0/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so \
>   /usr/local/lib/browser_plugins/
> Then I get --> File exists !!
> I'm running 7.2 stable gnome2
>
> Anyone encountered this problem too?
>
> Regards,
>
> Roy.
>   

Hi,

For firefox 2.X, please try creating the symbolic link in
/usr/local/lib/firefox/plugins, i.e:

ln -s /usr/local/diablo-jre1.6.0/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so \
  /usr/local/lib/firefox/plugins/

and restart your browser.