Right this was a bit of a doozy.

1. sudo apt-get install sun-java6-plugin
2. cd .mozilla/plugins/
3. ln -s /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.06/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so
4. restart firefox

It still doesn’t work? Ok. Type the following into your address bar about:plugins – if you see anything in relation to icedtea, remove it:

1. apt-get remove icedtea-gcjwebplugin
2. restart firefox

You should now have a functional JRE installed in Firefox3. This has been bugging me for a while as I’ve a few apps that use a JRE that I’ve not been able to use for a while.

I’ve been using ICQ for near enough 10 years. Yesterday it looks as if ICQ pushed out a network update that changed versions around. This broke ICQ for me on ubuntu hardy. I’ve been waiting since last night for a patched install but alas it hasn’t come and because time is money in business I needed ICQ working so I can liase with our Russian friends.

I’ve built a patched version which is available here: http://weird.ie/files/

Just download the 2 files and do:

sudo dpkg -i pidgin_2.4.1-1ubuntu3_i386.deb libpurple0_2.4.1-1ubuntu3_i386.deb

Restart pidgin and all will be well.