Install a Java Virtual Machine (JVM) plugin for Google Chrome beta running on Ubuntu Linux

Posted: 9 December 2009 | Author: | Filed under: open source, productivity | Tags: , | Leave a comment

Interested in getting Java to work in the just-released Google Chrome on your Ubuntu install? You can always try linking directly to the plugin binary:

$ locate libnpjp2.so
/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.16/jre/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so
$ sudo mkdir /opt/google/chrome/plugins
$ cd /opt/google/chrome/plugins/
$ sudo ln -s /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.16/jre/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so .

Works for me!