since ubuntu base my favorite for my desktop environtment its difficult for me, if i need to support ASA Firewall which use Java for their ASDM. the bad thing is Firefox no longer support for JAVA (NPAPI plug-ins.) so I used ESR Firefox to support my need
- prerequsite : Download Java and Download ESR Firefox from https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/all/ >> choose LInux 64 bit
- Install Java
-copy downloaded JRE to /optcp -v jre-8u151-linux-x64.tar.gz /opt sudo su
– change folder to /opt and extract
cd /opt/tar -xzvf jre-8u151-linux-x64.tar.gz
– Optional for me easy to manage if I simple rename Java folder to JAVA
mv jre-8u151-linux-x64 JAVA
– to logout from root
exit
- install JAVA PATH :
echo JAVA_HOME="/opt/JAVA/bin/java" >> /etc/environtment
- enable java for our firefox
mkdir -p ~/.mozilla/plugins/ ln -s /opt/JAVA/lib/amd64/libnpjp2.so ~/.mozilla/plugins/
- Extract our Downloaded Firefox
cd Downloadtar -xjvf firefox-52.5.0esr.tar.bz2 cd firefox.\firefox-bin
reload our firefox and associate jnlp file tou firefox to using /opt/JAVA/bin/javaws/
tools >> preferences >> application >> search for JNLP File : use javaws
I also need to try browser that java Support something like : seamonkey, palemoon,etc
but for now I can use my Ubuntu for manage my ASA Firewall.