How do I get Java support on Google Chrome in Linux?

Question

Is there a way to run Linux Google Chrome with Java support?

Answer 1

Yes, add --enable-plugins to your chrome command. It's currently not considered stable, but it works for me.

Actually, it seems to just work without that. Have you tried it? You can find a test applet here. Presumably you'll need Sun's Java installed.

Answer 2

NOTE: Since this came up top on a Google search on 'linux chrome java' I'll allow myself to update this slightly old post.

I'm running Ubuntu Lucid Lynx 10.04 with the Google Chrome 5.0.375.55 beta directly from Google's own repositories. For me, many of the above steps were unnecessary. Simply install the Sun Java distribution + plugin and restart Chrome. No need to link modules, etc. since Chrome will autodetect the plugin.

So, run

sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin 

and all should be fine :)

Answer 3

I did it!

Just link libnpjp2.so which is in <your-java-dir>/lib/i386 to /opt/google/chrome/plugins (you need to create this directory beforehand).

For me, here are the commands:

mkdir /opt/google/chrome/plugins
cd /opt/google/chrome/plugins
ln -s /usr/local/jre1.6.0_17/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so .

Restart Chrome and enjoy!

Answer 4

For me (Ubuntu - jaunty 9.04) all I had to do was:

1. Install the java6 jre package

   sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin
   

2. Install the Chromium browser

   2.1 By first adding the following to /etc/apt/sources.list:

   # Chromium 
   
   deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main 
   

   2.2 Resynchronize the package index:

   sudo apt-get update
   

   2.3 Install the chromium browser and some other plugins

   apt-get install chromium-browser chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-nonfree
   

3. Finally create the symlink to libnpjp2.so:

   sudo ln -s /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so /usr/lib/chromium-browser/plugins
   

4. Restart Chromium browser if needed.

Answer 5

With Ubuntu 8.04 LTS 64-bit, Chome 64-bit v4.0.249.43 and Java 6 do the following:

sudo mkdir /opt/google/chrome/plugins
cd /opt/google/chrome/plugins
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.17/jre/lib/amd64/libnpjp2.so .

Answer 6

After doing the steps below it works for me. I'm runing Debian Lenny 5.0.3 - 2.6.26-2-686.

Download Java - www.java.com

root@yourpc# mkdir /opt/java

Move the file to /opt/java

------(root@yourpc# mv /home/youruser/Download/jre-6u17-linux-i586.bin /opt/java)

root@yourpc# cd /opt/java
root@yourpc# chmod +x jre-6u17-linux-i586.bin
root@yourpc# ./jre-6u17-linux-i586.bin

youruser@yourpc$ cd /opt/java/jre1.6.0_17/bin
youruser@yourpc$ ControlPanel

1. Select the Java Tab*
2. Click View...
3. Click Find...
4. Click Next...
5. Select /opt/java/jre1.6.0_17/
6. Click Next...
7. Click Finsh...
8. deselect the others JREs
9. Click OK...
10. Click Apply...
11. Click OK ...

root@yourpc# mkdir /opt/google/chrome/plugins
root@yourpc# cd /opt/google/chrome/plugins
root@yourpc# ln -s /opt/java/jre1.6.0_17/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so .
youruser@yourpc$ google-chrome --enable-plugins %U

http://java.com/en/download/help/testvm.xml

Answer 7

Followed Skeptic's directions, it works great for Ubuntu 8.10 (32-bit) and Chrome 5.0342.7 beta.

sudo mkdir /opt/google/chrome/plugins
cd /opt/google/chrome/plugins
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.17/jre/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so .

Answer 8

it's enough for both Chrome and Firefox to link to $JRE_HOME/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so from your $HOME/.mozilla/plugins folder:

ln -sfv $JRE_HOME/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so $HOME/.mozilla/plugins/libnpjp2.so

Don't forget to uninstall existing java installations (through the package manager)

Answer 9

Running Lubuntu 12.04 Beta 2, with the default (i.e. unchanged) version of Chromium - to get the java plugin working, all I did was install the icedtea plugin package from the standard repos:

sudo apt-get install icedtea-plugin

Restarted Chromium, and Java works in my browser.