[NTLUG:Discuss] Java - Firefox Plugin

[Tony]

On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 6:53 AM, terry <trryhend at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Ubuntu systems have no problem keeping the Java Plugin for Firefox
> through upgrades.  Fedora's symlink to the libjavaplugin_oji.so file
> must be re-created each time.

Where is this symlink being created?

>
> I wouldn't mind doing it for myself because it only takes a second,
> but for others [that I support], I have to tell them to skip Firefox
> upgrades if they use Javap-plugin until I can come over and re-create
> the symlink because it is just too complicated to talk them through it
> on the phone [or via email].
>
> Does anyone else have this problem and know of some easier way or some
> trick I don't know about?
> Or is there something easier that I'm just not thinking of that I can
> tell these people how to re-create this link?

The way i have always done it is just to create the symlink in the
users home directory.
$HOME/.mozilla/plugins

Then any installation of firefox/mozilla will not overwrite that
directory and anytime java is update it should still point to the same
place.