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So you want to use Java and Chrome on Fedora 14?
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I have been working a lot with Linux lately, special with the RedHat derivatives (CentOS, Fedora) , since this is almost mandatory at my work.

This last week, I spent all the time in this new workstation, with a Fedora 14 fresh install, and like all fresh installs, the system does not quite meet all my customizations and needs.

Java from Sun (or Oracle or something like that, I don’t keep track anymore) it’s the best choice when it comes to using Java, but like all things not fully OpenSource, it’s not 100% integrated into the system… (to be fair, even OSS tend not to integrate itself)! To had to the confusion of open VS closed software I use in my workstation, I am using Chrome (and not Chromium), because I like it better (better video support, among other stuff).

Long story, short, this quick tutorial is what I did to have Java running inside Chrome. I am going to skip the part where you install Chrome, Java and of course, Fedora 14, and go straight to solution!

Here it is:

#mkdir /opt/google/chrome/plugins
#cd /opt/google/chrome/plugins
# ln -s /usr/java/jdk1.6.0_22/jre/lib/amd64/libnpjp2.so .

And that’s it! Restart Chrome and you are up and running! Oh, by the way I am using a 64 bits distro, so if you are stuck in 32 bit retro, go ahead and adapt the path of libnpjp2.so.

Now you can make nice worldes of your log files! Have fun!