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how do i enable java 2 runtime?

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steveare
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my college website (blackboard) insists i need to run java 2 runtime for its system to work correctly for chat and other options but when running their browser check says i don't have it so i need to know how to enable it, if possible.

my college website (blackboard) insists i need to run java 2 runtime for its system to work correctly for chat and other options but when running their browser check says i don't have it so i need to know how to enable it, if possible.

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cor-el
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In Firefox 3.6 and later versions you need the Next-Generation Java™ Plug-In present in Java 6 U10 and later (Linux: libnpjp2.so; Windows: npjp2.dll).

If Firefox doesn't find the Java plugin then you need to create a symlink to the JP2 (Next Generation) plugin (libnpjp2.so).

Some examples: 

ln -s /usr/local/java/jre1.6.0_20/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so libnpjp2.so
ln -s /usr/lib/jvm/jre/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libnpjp2.so (java-1_6_0-sun-plugin)