First success: 64-bit Java Plug-in for 64-bit Firefox from Sun

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hi,

a lot of people waits for the sun java plugin for 64-bit (this plugin is needed to get access to the Proxmox VE console).

see this open bug from sun:
http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=4802695

now I installed the snapshot version - connecting successfully to the Proxmox console.

what I did (I tested on Ubuntu 8.04 - 64-bit):
download from here: http://download.java.net/jdk6/

I grabbed the Linux x64 self-extracting JDK file
(I used http://www.java.net/download/jdk6/6...k-6u12-ea-bin-b02-linux-amd64-08_dec_2008.bin)

after installed I had to manually link the java-6-sun-1.6.0.12/jre/lib/amd64/libnpjp2.so in the Firefox plugins directory.

pls note, still beta but due to the bug report from Sun the final version is scheduled for early 2009.
 
Wow, finally! After umpteen months to get this done, Sun finally almost has it out...

This is good news. Thanks for reporting it.
 
Java 64-bit Browser-Plug-in finally released from Sun

Sun released the final version of their 64-bit browser plug-in (Version 6 Update 12)

The Proxmox VE console only works with the Sun plug-in and it was a pain that this was not available on 64-bit systems.
 
I used these instructions to get through this issue. Debian repo and Ubuntu repo installs did not work for me (as explained above).

http://blogs.sun.com/joshis/entry/finally_it_s_here_java

On top of removing all other java installs, this is the step that helped out a lot:
Create a link (ln) pointing to the Java plugin (file <JRE_FOLDER>/lib/amd64/libnpjp2.so) in the ~/.mozilla/plugins folder (to let Firefox know where the new plugin is...) - maybe you will have to create this folder (I had to)
Click to expand...

Java is still a little buggy, it crashes now and then, but it is a hell of a lot better than running IE6 in wine.
 
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