I can confirm this. However, I am not sure this is fixed in Jaunty. I just installed sun-java6 from the jaunty repository, in my Intrepid box (it installs just fine). The problems with Java persisted (applets that used to work in Hardy were crashing firefox in Intrepid). A look into /etc/alternatives revealed that all the symlinks were pointing to the old location. For instance:
xulrunner-javaplugin.so -> /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so Symlinking everything pointing to libjavaplugin_oji.so into libnpjp2.so fixed my java issues: cd /etc/alternatives/ sudo ln -sf /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so firefox-javaplugin.so sudo ln -sf /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so iceape-javaplugin.so sudo ln -sf /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so iceweasel-javaplugin.so sudo ln -sf /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so midbrowser-javaplugin.so sudo ln -sf /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so mozilla-javaplugin.so sudo ln -sf /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so xulrunner-1.9-javaplugin.so sudo ln -sf /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so xulrunner-javaplugin.so Can this be fixed in both Intrepid and Jaunty? It seems to be a simple matter of correcting some symbolic links :-) Many thanks! Leo -- Out of date java 6 plugin installed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/291135 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
