[desktop-discuss] Forcing Firefox to use Java version to 1.5.0?

[Mats Larsson]

On 2007-07-18 18:22, Iain Curtain wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> due to application compatibility issues I need to force Firefox to run
> java 1.5.0.
> 
> Is it possible to do this without changing my whole system settings:
> 
> rm /usr/java
> ln -s /usr/jdk/instances/jdk1.5.0 /usr/java

Sure, put a link like this in $HOME/.mozilla/firefox/plugins

ln -s /usr/jdk/instances/jdk1.5.0/jre/plugin/sparc/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so

and Firefox will pick up that one instead.

/MOL