How do I manually install the Oracle Java Plugin for Google Chrome and Firefox?

Solution 1:

For Chromium, add this symlink:

sudo ln -s /path/to/java/jre/lib/amd64/libnpjp2.so /usr/lib/chromium-browser/plugins/libnpjp2.so

For Firefox, add this symlink:

sudo ln -s  /path/to/java/jre/lib/amd64/libnpjp2.so  /usr/lib/firefox-addons/plugins/libnpjp2.so

replace the /path/to/java/jre with the actual path from your installation.

Solution 2:

For ubuntu:

sudo ln -s /path/to/java/jre/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libnpjp2.so

works in google chrome beta.

Solution 3:

I copied and updated this answer from @Casey Watson since I can't edit or comment yet.

For chromium-browser 25, add this symlink:

sudo ln -s /path/to/java/jre/lib/amd64/libnpjp2.so /usr/lib/chromium-browser/plugins/libnpjp2.so

For Google chrome 27, might need to create the plugins dir:

mkdir /opt/google/chrome/plugins

then add this symlink:

sudo ln -s /path/to/java/jre/lib/amd64/libnpjp2.so /opt/google/chrome/plugins/libnpjp2.so

For Firefox 21, add this symlink:

sudo ln -s  /path/to/java/jre/lib/amd64/libnpjp2.so  /usr/lib/firefox-addons/plugins/libnpjp2.so

replace the /path/to/java/jre with the actual path from your installation.