Type about:plugins in the Location bar to confirm that the Java Plugin is loaded. Mozilla continues to work with the Oracle Java Platform Group to ensure a smooth transition for those web sites that use Java. Remove the symbolic links (or move them to another directory) to javaplugin-oji.so and libnpjp2.so from the Firefox plugins directory.Ĭreate a symbolic link to the Java Plugin in the Firefox plugins directory. Site maintainers should prepare for plugins to stop working in all versions of Firefox by the end of 2016. When you want to use a different plugin, or version of a plugin, remove the symbolic links to any other versions and create a fresh symbolic link to the new one. Only one Java Plugin can be used at a time. Uninstall any previous installations of Java Plugin. 230.5 plugin in the list and add this to the dropdown. Click the Enable button on the Java (TM) Platform SE 6 (U23TM) U23 6.0.
Due to security issues, current versions of Firefox do not support Java. From the upper left-hand corner of the browser window, click the orange menu to access the menu.
To install the Java Plugin follow these steps: Understand the limitations of this method. At the bottom of the window is a version string line that contains either "Linux i686" (32-bit) or "Linux x86_64" (64-bit).
After completing the steps above, you should be able to download a JNLP file from Firefox to run your Oracle Forms application. This will show you a listing of all the plugins your browser can currently use. In the new tab, locate the entry for the Java (TM) Platform SE plugin entry, and ensure that it is Enabled. Type about:plugins in the tab and hit Enter. Open the Firefox menu and select Add-ons, or press Ctrl+Shift+A on your keyboard to open the Add-ons Manager. First, open Firefox (obviously) and open a tab. Exit out of Firefox completely and restart Firefox. The first thing that needs to be done is to check for the existence of a Java plugin in your browser. To determine which version of Firefox you are running, launch the application, and select the menu item Help > About Mozilla Firefox. Under the Action column, select the down arrow in the JNLP File entry and choose Java Web Start Launcher. If you do not have this version of the Java plugin available, download and install it now. Locate the Java (TM) Platform SE 6 U23 6.0.230.5 plugin in the list and click the Enable button. If you are using a 32-bit Firefox, you should use the 32-bit Java Plugin (from the lib/i386 directory). Click the orange Firefox menu button in the upper left-hand corner of the browser window.