Java Not Working On Your Firefox 3? Try This Simple Fix!
After upgrading to Firefox 3, if you find that you cannot get java to run and you are 100% sure that you have already installed the latest version of java, here is a simple fix (for Ubuntu Hardy Heron).
Open up your Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal).
Type the command
sudo apt-get autoremove icedtea-gcjwebplugin
to remove the icedtea-gcjwebplugin package from your system.
Restart your Firefox 3. The Java runtime should be working now.
(icedtea-gcjwebplugin is a little web browser plugin to execute Java applets. It is targeted for Mozilla and compatible browsers that support the NPAPI. It seems that this has some compatibility issue with Firefox 3.)
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Tags: Firefox, Ubuntu
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You are right on that one:) (icedtea-gcjwebplugin package)thank u.
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java for firefox3
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Nice tip!
Do you know what is the cause for the windows environment?
I scrolled thru about:config and didn’t see anything similar, bu this is also an issue with FF3 and Windows.
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Yeahhhhhhhhhhhh, it’s working now!!! THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!!
I have Kubuntu 8.04 + Firefox 3.0.5
bye byeeee
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When I entered this in, it didn’t work and I got the response “sudo: apt-get: command not found”. Does anyone know how I can fix this?
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Helpful tip!
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hey Matt please do not waste your time typing crappy commands created only for ubuntu
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“sudo apt-get autoremove icedtea-gcjwebplugin”
Commands like this are why I still don’t use Linux.
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