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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  • http://unhub.com/pkkha polou/midorie

    You are right on that one:) (icedtea-gcjwebplugin package)thank u.

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    You are right on that one:) (icedtea-gcjwebplugin package)thank u.

  • ebrahim jaber

    java for firefox3

  • ebrahim jaber

    java for firefox3

  • Val F

    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.

  • Val F

    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.

  • Val F

    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.

  • Val F

    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.

  • Val F

    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.

  • http://www.ibervuelos.com/ Diego

    Yeahhhhhhhhhhhh, it’s working now!!! THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!!

    I have Kubuntu 8.04 + Firefox 3.0.5

    bye byeeee

  • http://www.ibervuelos.com/ Diego

    Yeahhhhhhhhhhhh, it’s working now!!! THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!!

    I have Kubuntu 8.04 + Firefox 3.0.5

    bye byeeee

  • http://www.ibervuelos.com/ Diego

    Yeahhhhhhhhhhhh, it’s working now!!! THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!!

    I have Kubuntu 8.04 + Firefox 3.0.5

    bye byeeee

  • http://www.ibervuelos.com Diego

    Yeahhhhhhhhhhhh, it’s working now!!! THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!!

    I have Kubuntu 8.04 + Firefox 3.0.5

    bye byeeee

  • Matt

    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?

  • Matt

    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?

  • http://www.fizzlechat.com/ FizzleChat

    Helpful tip!

  • http://www.fizzlechat.com FizzleChat

    Helpful tip!

  • vmlinuz

    hey Matt please do not waste your time typing crappy commands created only for ubuntu

  • vmlinuz

    hey Matt please do not waste your time typing crappy commands created only for ubuntu

  • KIF

    “sudo apt-get autoremove icedtea-gcjwebplugin”

    Commands like this are why I still don’t use Linux.

  • KIF

    “sudo apt-get autoremove icedtea-gcjwebplugin”

    Commands like this are why I still don’t use Linux.

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