
To be fair, I understand the dilemma the Mozilla team has. > ready to cut the cord, and DirectTV Now is likely going to be a > Now? I'm concerned about that one specifically, because I am about > say about this? Specifically, what about this problem with DirectTV > I'm very interested in what any of the Firefox devs might have to > solely on the browser being Firefox is EXTREMELY concerning. > sites actually resorting to completely disallowing access based > zero need for Java, I must say, your comment about this and other > I just confirmed this for the DirectTV Now service. > more "Best if viewed with buttons on websites. > backwards in technology Like in the early 2000's, I'm starting to see Simply fire the below commands to install openJDK & Java plugin support on firefox.> I understand the security concerns, but it seems we are going Method 2 : Enable Java plugin Support on Firefox through Oracle Java 1) Install OpenJDK # ln -s /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle/jre/lib/amd64/libnpjp2.so # mkdir -p /usr/lib/firefox-addons/plugins Press to keep the current choice, or type selection number: * 3 /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle/jre/bin/java 1072 manual mode There are 3 choices for the alternative java (providing /usr/bin/java).Ġ /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle/jre/bin/java 1072 auto modeġ /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/java 1061 manual modeĢ /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/java 1071 manual mode If you didn’t find Java(TM) Platform plugin, use the below method to enable it. 4) Create symbolic link to enable Java in Firefox The recommended (default) option is Ask to Activate, which lets you run Java when prompted. Navigate to Menu > Add-ons > Plugins > Oracle JAVA, Search Java(TM) Platform, If Java is disabled, click on Never Activate to open its drop-down menu and select the option to activate Java. # whereis firefoxįirefox: /usr/bin/firefox /usr/lib/firefox /etc/firefox /usr/share/man/man1/firefox.1.gz Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.74-b02, mixed mode)įirst we need to locate the Firefox installation location to create plugin directory. Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_74-b02) Make sure you system should have installed Oracle JAVA before proceeding to enable the JAVA Applet. Method 1 : Enable Java plugin Support on Firefox through Oracle Java 1) Install Oracle Java We can enable it on browser by following below procedures. By default all the browsers disabled the plugin due to security issue and still you want to enable to access the trusted web sites. Many web pages use Java applets for interactive content such as online games, WebEx (Online meeting), etc.
