How to use 32-bit java plugins on Red Hat Enterprise Linux x86_64 system using 32bit firefox?

Issue

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Issue

• How to use 32-bit java plugins on Red Hat Enterprise Linux x86_64 system using 32bit Firefox ?

Environment

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Resolution

• Install 32bit firefox, as described onHow do I install 32-bit Firefox on Red Hat Enterprise Linux x86_64 ?

• Install java  plugin as shown below

   $ yum install java-1.5.0-ibm-plugin java-1.5.0-ibm.i386 libXp.i386
  

Comment

• java ( from openjdk ) plugins are natively available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.x86_64 and above. Also, If 64-bit version of the desired plug-ins are made available so that the 64-bit Mozilla Firefox can be used, the  32-bit version of the plug-ins will have to be uninstalled first to avoid conflict between the 32-bits and 64-bits versions of the same package.