Here are some of my non-application installation settings. The main idea is to install only necessary features/add-ons I need, so it will be easier to use slow computers, such as laptops. See also: Program Settings, Program Installation Times, Operating System Installation Settings, Installation Order, Software.
- go to http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/otherversions/ (year 2010)
- select .rpm (not working: .yum)
Become root user.
su
Start Control Panel
cd /usr/java/jre1.6.0_31/bin
ControlPanel
Comment: symbolic link not appearing in Firefox 11: Plugins.
Become root user.
su
Edit file /home/tomihasa/.bash_profile.
Add lines.
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/jre1.6.0_31/bin/java
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/java/jre1.6.0_31/bin
Logout, login and check.
echo $JAVA_HOME
echo $PATH
Comment: symbolic link not appearing in Firefox 11: Plugins.
su
yum install java-1.7.0-openjdk
Comment: symbolic link not appearing in Firefox 11: Plugins.
su
yum install jre
Comment: symbolic link not appearing in Firefox 11: Plugins.
Go to Java website and go to downloads.
Download "Linux RPM".
Downloads/jre-6u31-linux-i586-rpm.bin (or similar)
Become root user.
su
Create /usr/java.
Move RPM to /usr/java.
Make RPM executable.
chmod a+x jre-6u31-linux-i586-rpm.bin
Execute RPM
./jre-6u31-linux-i586-rpm.bin
Check there is directory /usr/java/jre1.6.0_31 (or similar)
Exit Firefox before configuring Java Plugin for Firefox.
Go to Firefox plugins directory. Possible locations:
home/tomihasa/.mozilla/plugins (symbolic link not working here)
/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins (symbolic link not working here either)
Create the symbolic link.
ln -s /usr/java/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so
In Firefox check your plugins
Address bar: about:plugins
"Note: If you are upgrading your Java version then before creating new symbolic link you should remove old symbolic link to enable latest downloaded Java."
Last modified: October 1st, 2013
Author: Tomi Häsä (tomi.hasa@gmail.com)
URL: http://sites.google.com/site/tomihasa/non-application-installation-settings