32 Bit JAVA Installation for UBUNTU & Firefox plugin

Step1 : Open Firefox browser --> go to http://www.java.com -- > Click free download

Download the arrowed one Linux filesize 46.0 MB file

Step 2 : Create a folder $ sudo mkdir /usr/local/java

Step 3 : Copy the downloaded file to /usr/local/java

(ex: $ sudo cp /home/kbackia/Downloads/jre-7xxxx.tar /usr/local/java )

Step 4 : Go to /usr/local/java and extract the file

(ex: 1.$ cd /usr/local/java 2.$ tar -zxvf jre-7xx.tar)

Rename the folder jre1xxx to jre1 for your easy reference

$ sudo /usr/local/java/jre1xxx /usr/local/java/jre1

remove the jre7xxxxx.tar file if you like

Step 5 : Edit /etc/profile (ex: $sudo vi /etc/profile ) append these lines

JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/java/jre1

PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin:$JAVA_HOME

export JAVA_HOME

export PATH

Save and exit

Step 6: Type this commands

A. $ sudo update-alternatives --install "/usr/bin/java" "java" "/usr/local/java/jre1/bin/java" 1

B. $ sudo update-alternatives --set java /usr/local/java/jre1/bin/java

C. $ . /etc/profile

D. $ java -version --you can see the version details.

E. $ cd /usr/lib/firefox-addons/plugins

F. Create a link file $ sudo ln -s /usr/local/java/jre1/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so

G. Verify the java in http://www.java.com/verify .. 100 % will succeed..

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