How to update Oracle Java plugin for Google-chrome?

Question

To begin with, I have already read the following solutions:

Cannot Update Java plugin for Google Chrome

How do I get Java plugin for Chrome?

Installing Chrome Java Plugin

How to install Oracle Java web plugin on Chrome in 12.04?

and I hope this does not get marked as duplicate. I previously un-installed OpenJDK and IceTea plugin and installed java-sdk 7 update 4. I made a symbolic link to libnpjp.so in my installation folder to ~/.mozilla/plugins. Everything (including Chrome) was running smoothly as it should have.

Today, when I installed java-sdk 7 update 5, I followed same steps as before but now, I get to see this:

and this:

I even un-installed and reinstalled chrome, but could not help.

I am running Ubuntu 12.04, Chrome Version 21.0.1180.79.

This is really most annoying experience so far.

PS: Kindly don't tell to reinstall Java using some PPA.

Solution

Download this shell script from here .

Give it Executable permissions. Once you open it will show a list of software. Select Java. It will ask If you want to install openjdk or Sun Java. Select whichever you want. It will work its charm and you're done.

Comments

[Chirag]

I have done exactly the same thing, nothing different at all. Still, I am encountering this problem.

[Chirag]

Java is actually up to date. Firefox and Opera are showing it to be up to date. I don't know what is causing Chrome to not realize this fact.

[Ernir]

Note: This script does not work on Saucy, as of this posting.