pyth0n3 Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 d8, `8P d88 d888b8b ?88 d8P d888b8b ?88 d8P' ?88 d88 d8P' d8P' ?88 88b 88b ,88b ?8b ,88' 88b ,88b `88b `?88P'`88b `?888P' `?88P'`88b )88 ,88P `?888P Install Java 1.6 in Debian (i86) , enable firefox 3.6.x Java Plug-InStep1: Add sid repository in /etc/apt/sources.list ##sid# deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ sid main# deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ sid mainStep2: Update and install Java (as root)apt-get updateapt-get install sun-java6-jre sun-java6-binupdate-alternatives --auto javajava -version (should print the version available)(Note: Now you should disable sid repository as they are not stable , an update or some package install may broke your system )Ok, also in the repository of Debian you will find sun-java6-plugin , but you may not want to install that cause it will also install the iceweasel (the default browser)If you run firefox the latest version you could just link the /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins (if that is the path where firefox will search for installed plugins)ln -s /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin.soOpen firefox && type about:plug-ins It should print all the plug-ins installed You can also test your java by at this URL http://www.java.com/en/download/help/testvm.xmlDownload:wget http://sprunge.us/dRiZ -O inst_java_deb.txt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...