On Thu, 7 Mar 2013, Yasha Karant wrote:
We have bioinformatics visualization applications that require a java plugin
enabled web browser. The only plugin from Oracle/Sun Java that works is:
URL: http://java.com/en/download/linux_manual.jsp
Java Downloads for Linux
Recommended Version 7 Update 17
Linux RPM filesize: 54.7 MB Instructions After installing
Java, you will need to enable Java in your browser.
Linux filesize: 45.9 MB Instructions
Linux x64 * filesize: 44.6 MB Instructions
Linux x64 RPM * filesize: 52.8 MB Instructions32-bit version
for Java applet and Java Web Start suppor
* Please use the 32-bit version for Java applet and Java Web Start support.
End quote from java.com
I think that is out of date
On my SL6.3 laptop, With the *64*bit 7u17 jdk rpm from oracle (
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html
follow the DOWNLOAD link and agree hthe licence)
and 64 bit firefox-17.0.3
http://www.javatester.org/version.html says I'm running
Jave Version: 1.7.0_17 from Oracle Corporation.
You may have to disable Iced-Tea in firefox/addons/plugins, but you
I didn't need to restart firefox to switch between the oracle and openjdk
java plugins.
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