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Download latest J2SE RE or SDK from http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/download.html

1. $ chmod +x j2re-1_4_2_06-linux-i586-rpm.bin

or $ chmod +x j2sdk-1_4_2_06-linux-i586-rpm.bin

2. $ ./j2re-1_4_2_06-linux-i586-rpm.bin

or $ ./j2sdk-1_4_2_06-linux-i586-rpm.bin

3. $ su -

Password: ********

4. # rpm -e j2sdk-1_4_2_05-fcs <– required because of the -fcs suffix

5. # rpm -ivh /path_to/j2re-1_4_2_06-linux.i586.rpm

or # rpm -ivh /path_to/j2sdk-1_4_2_06-linux.i586.rpm

6. # cd /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins

7. # rm -f libjavaplugin_oji.so

8. # ln -s /usr/java/j2re1.4.2_06/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so

or # ln -s /usr/java/j2sdk1.4.2_06/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so

9. # ls -l

total NNNN

…

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 67 Dec 1 20:06 libjavaplugin_oji.so -> /usr/java/j2re1.4.2_06/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so

or lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 68 Dec 1 20:06 libjavaplugin_oji.so -> /usr/java/j2sdk1.4.2_06/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so

then I also also had to disabled IcedTea firefox plugin as it caused some JAVA applications didt start properly in the firefox browser … in /usr/lib/browser-plugins I simply renamed the file to *.bckp extension

mv /usr/lib/browser-plugins/npwrapper.javaplugin.so /usr/lib/browser-plugins/npwrapper.javaplugin.so.bckp

…

That’s it.