How can I enable Java in Chromium?

Question

I've got Java working on Firefox in Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal), but using the same page on Chromium tells me Java cannot be found.

How can I enable Java on Chromium in my Ubuntu 11.04?

Is [Ubuntu restricted extras](http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/ubuntu-restricted-extras) Installed ? — Binarylife, Jun 06 '11 at 12:10
Can you try if it's not the specific page you are trying to see is causing the problem? Try other java pages to see if they work. — 719016, Jun 06 '11 at 12:39

score 14 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 01 '13 at 13:09

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The first thing to do is to install Java:

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jre icedtea-7-plugin

Restart chromium-browser and then use about:plugins to check if it's enabled.

edited Apr 01 '13 at 13:09

Dennis

answered Mar 22 '13 at 08:59

Natim

2

No need for `openjdk`, `icedtea-*-plugin` is enough – dialex Feb 08 '14 at 16:12
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I have both of those but don't see an option in `about:plugins` to enable it. – isomorphismes Sep 03 '14 at 19:23

Binarylife · Answer 2 · 2011-06-08T18:03:21.140

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This happened with me at first.

Also, see: Do I have Java? If it takes too long , it means that there isn't java installed or something went wrong during installation.

edited Jun 08 '11 at 18:03

answered Jun 06 '11 at 12:28

Binarylife

score 4 · Answer 3 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23

4

According to this

You can't. You would have to recompile Chromium and edit the line that disallows NPAPI.

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23

Community

answered Sep 03 '14 at 19:25

isomorphismes

score 1 · Answer 4 · edited Aug 19 '14 at 00:25

1

You get the IcedTea-web Java browser plugin by installing the icedtea-plugin package.

You can quickly do this from the command line running:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install icedtea-plugin

edited Aug 19 '14 at 00:25

dragonloverlord

answered Mar 22 '13 at 09:36

xranby

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