Java

Installing Java browser plugin from Oracle on Ubuntu 11.10

To see Java demos on Processing I needed to install Java plugin. I downloaded jre [Linux (self-extracting file) filesize: 20.7 MB] and followed the instructions, copied the extracted directory to /usr/java and linked:

ln -s /usr/java/jre1.6.0_29/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so ~/.mozilla/plugins/

This was done based on instructions from:

http://ubuntu-answers.blogspot.com/2011/11/ubuntu-1110-java-installation.html