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Install Java/Flash plugins in Chakra/Arch linux

Written by Mel Kham on . Posted in Frequently Asked Questions

Question: How to install Java and  flash plagins  for  Chakra or Archlinux?ArchlinuxLogo2

Answer:

1- Install the  packages

Pacman -Sy  jre flashplgin

The above  command  will install  the  following  packages jre-6u26-1   and  flashplugin-10.3.181.26-1

2- Configuration

For  Flash  you   dont  need  to do any   thing

For  java  plugin

cd  /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins      or  lib64  for  64bit  systems
ln -s  /opt/java/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so

The  list   command  for  the  plugins directory

[root@myhost plugins]# pwd 
/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
[root@myhost plugins]# ls -altr

Now  Check if  it  works

To check Java  open http://www.java.com/nl/download/installed.jsp

To Check Flash  . try  to  platy a  video  on Youtube.com

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Mel Kham

Founder of Unixmen, Living in Amsterdam. Am working in my free time to help people to understand the Opensource and to explain them in easy way how to make the fist steps to the the light. Working day and night with my Co-founder Zinovsky to keep this website live even with less resources.
  • Philip

    I think you skipped a step. How do I agree to the Java License terms after installing jre?

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