Configure Java 7 Firefox Plugin on 64-Bit Cent OS

Question

I configured Java on my Cent OS 64-bit machine by running the following command

yum install java-1.7.0-openjdk.x86_64

But I cannot find the "libnpjp2.so" file as mentioned here: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/manual-plugin-install-linux-136395.html

It was supposed to be dead easy! -_-

Solution

Download the official JRE Linux x64 RPM from Oracle Java website

http://java.com/en/download/manual.jsp

The following command is for "Java 7 update 60". Make sure you change the file name of the RPM according to the version you're installing.

Use YUM to install the RPM

sudo yum install jre-7u60-linux-x64.rpm

Create a symlink to libnpjp2.so in Mozilla plugins directory

sudo ln -s  /usr/java/default/lib/amd64/libnpjp2.so /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/