Firefox and Java Plugin on FreeBSD 6.2
Installing the java plugin into the native FreeBSD Firefox port on FreeBSD 6.2
Build the java 1.4 port
# cd /usr/ports/java/jdk14
# make install
# make clean
Link the plugin into Firefox
# cd /usr/local/lib/firefox/plugins
# ln -s /usr/local/jdk1.4.2/plugin/i386/ns610/libjavaplugin_oji.so libjavaplugin_oji.so
Testing the plugin
Run firefox and check to see if the plugin loaded by typing: about:plugins into the browsers address bar.