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May 29

Try as I might, I could not get java to run in Firefox 3 on Ubuntu 8.04.  Turns out to be a really simple fix.

Eirik Hoem’s Blog had the answer to my problem:

I’ve been struggling with lava support for Firefox after upgrading from Ubunut 7.10 to 8.04. All I had to do was to remove the package called icedtea-gcjwebplugin. Now, I don’t know my way around java anymore, but at least it did the trick. Worth a shot if you have problems.

6 Responses to “[Solved] Java not working in Firefox with Ubuntu Hardy 8.04”

  1. Paul Westbrook Says:

    Thank you for posting this, this solved my problem with java and Firefox 3

  2. >>YoGuRt Says:

    thx man, worked for me

  3. Heikki Says:

    Thanks! This solved my problem as well.

  4. Russianspi Says:

    Thanks! I’ve beat my head against the wayy trying to get this solved. And a simple “sudo aptitude remove icedtea-gcjwebplugin” did the trick. Thanks!

  5. johnnycalifornia Says:

    Interesting….I haven’t had Iced Tea for almost a week now, and my java still isn’t working

  6. Ron Shank Says:

    Johnny, what version of Ubuntu and what version of Firefox are you running?

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