Installing the Java Plug-In for Solaris
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These installation instructions are adapted from Sun's installation instructions for Solaris.
See About the Java Plug-In for more information and links.

System Requirements

• Solaris 2.6, 7, 8, or 9
• Required patches (see the SunSolve support website)
• Required fonts (see Solaris Font Package Requirements)

1. Download the installation script.
   • For your convenience, we mirror a copy of the installation scripts for the Java Plug-In 1.4.2-14 on SPARC and Intel.
   • The latest Java 1.4 version can be downloaded from Sun Microsystems
2. Verify the size of the installation file.
   The versions we mirror should be 14,987,264 bytes (SPARC 1.4.2_14) or 13,193,216 bytes (Intel 1.4.2_14).
3. Make sure the installation script is executable:
   In the directory where you saved the script, run

   chmod +x j2re-1_4_2_14-solaris-sparc.sh (SPARC), or
   chmod +x j2re-1_4_2_14-solaris-i586.sh (Intel), or
   

4. Change to the directory in which you wish to install the Java Runtime Environment (JRE), and run the script. If you agree to the license, the script will create a subdirectory j2re1_4_2_14 in the current directory.
5. Set the NPX_PLUGIN_PATH environment variable to the directory containing the javaplugin.so file.
   On SPARC, for example, this will usually be /usr/j2se/j2re1_4_2_14/plugin/sparc
6. Close and reopen your browser.
7. Close and reopen your browser again.
   (Restarting the browser a second time after installation is the workaround for bug 4358142).