


If the solution based on browsers is not applicable, you may also use the appletviewer, a tool included in Java SE Development Kit (JDK), in order to view the demos.

If there are any problems, feel free to contact the teaching assistant. This web page gives directions to run Java applets, which is necessary to view the demos demonstrating spatial data structures. You are done installing Java Plugin / Applet support in Firefox on CentOS 5.Allow Java Application to Run on Internet Explorer Enable Java Applets to View Spatial Index Demos You should now see a section titled Java(TM) Plug-in 1.6.x Restart Firefox and type the following in URL field and press Enter: Ln -s /usr/java/latest/lib/amd64/libnpjp2.soĥ. Note: The above is applicable for JDK installation. Ln -s /usr/java/latest/jre/lib/amd64/libnpjp2.so Create a symbolic link to libnpjp2.so (Firefox plugin for Java): Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 14.2-b01, mixed mode)Ĥ. Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_16-b01) Now configure alternatives to select the latest Java executable under /usr/java:Ĭheck the version of Java to ensure that it is from Sun: In other words change it to point to the location of your installed Java executable from Sun.ģ. Note: Tinker with /usr/java/latest/bin/java if you do not have Java installed at this location. However wordpress may replace both of them with a separate character, so just don’t copy-paste here. Note: There is two - (hypen) before install. usr/sbin/alternatives –install /usr/bin/java java /usr/java/latest/bin/java 2 Now you need to add the Java you have installed to the list of alternatives for the java executable: First you need to install JRE 6 or JDK 6.Ģ. However it has only been tested on CentOS 5.3.ġ. Note: The instructions may be applicable to other versions of CentOS, Fedora, others Linux distros too. Here are the steps to install and enable applets / Java plugin in Firefox browser on CentOS 5. However that doesn’t provide the required libraries to run Java from browsers (read: applets).

How to install / enable Java Plugin / Applets in Firefox on CentOS 5ĬentOS comes with OpenJava JRE installed.
