How to access Oracle Apps 11i/R12 forms from Linux Mozilla Browser?
My configuration is:
Oracle Apps 12.1.1 64-bit Installed on OEL-5.7 64-bit
Mozilla Firefox Version 1.5.0.12
When I tried to open forms through Mozilla, it says unknown plugin.
We need to follow below steps to install Oracle Apps plugin for Mozilla browser:
1. Check which version of JRE your application is using:
[applmgr@apps classes]$ grep plugin $CONTEXT_FILE
<!– JDK plugins –>
<sun_plugin_ver oa_var=”s_sun_plugin_ver”>1.5.0_10</sun_plugin_ver>
<sun_plugin_type oa_var=”s_sun_plugin_type”>jdk</sun_plugin_type>
[applmgr@apps classes]$
In my case, it shows 1.5.0_10 that means I need to download JRE Version 5 and update 10.
2. Download JRE by going through below link:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javasebusiness/downloads/java-archive-downloads-javase5-419410.html
Click on “J2SE(TM) Development Kit 5.0 Update 10″ and then Accept Licence Agreement and do download jdk-1_5_0_10-linux-i586-rpm.bin
3.  Once it is downloaded, change the permissions and install it by following commands as a root user:
[root@apps Desktop]# cd ..
[root@apps ~]# cd Desktop/
[root@apps Desktop]# ls -ltr
total 46648
-rw-r–r– 1 root root 47706388 Apr 13 11:43 jdk-1_5_0_10-linux-i586-rpm.bin
[root@apps Desktop]# chmod 755 jdk-1_5_0_10-linux-i586-rpm.bin
[root@apps Desktop]# ./jdk-1_5_0_10-linux-i586-rpm.bin (You will be asked to accept license agreement, click enter)
Do you agree to the above license terms? [yes or no]
yes
Unpacking…
Checksumming…
0
0
Extracting…
UnZipSFX 5.42 of 14 January 2001, by Info-ZIP (Zip-Bugs@lists.wku.edu).
inflating: jdk-1_5_0_10-linux-i586.rpm
Preparing… ########################################### [100%]
1:jdk ########################################### [100%]
Done.
[root@apps Desktop]#
JRE 1.5.10 installed in linux machine under /usr/java
4. Create a Soft link of Plugin
Go to Mozilla FireFox plug-in directory
[root@apps plugins]# cd /usr/lib/firefox-1.5.0.12/plugins
[root@apps plugins]# ln -s /usr/java/jdk1.5.0_10/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so ./libjavaplugin_oji.so