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A trial-and-error approach indicates that when Firefox is used to manage HMC 7.3.x.x Java 6 is needed to open a terminal. If Java version 5 or lower is used, the terminal will refuse to open. In order for Java 6 to be installed on AIX version 5.3.7.x or higher is required. 

This wiki article is to form a step-by-step guide to install Firefox with Java 6 on AIX: 

== Step 1 - check the [[TechLevel]]:  ==

In order to install Java 6 on AIX, the techlevel needs to be at at least at level 7. In this example an [[AIX]] version 5.3 with techlevel 9 is used, as this is the latest version available on the IBM website at the time of writing.

Note: Java 6 requires no extra updates to run on [[AIX]] version 6.

To view the current OS level used type:
<pre>oslevel -s</pre>

Note: the response has to be at least: 5300-07-00-0000, in our case the response is 5300-09-02-0849

== Step 2 - Installing Java 6: ==

Java 6 can be downloaded as an RPM from the [https://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/iwm/web/reg/download.do?source=dka&S_PKG=aix64j6b&S_TACT=105AGX05&S_CMP=JDK&lang=en_US&cp=UTF-8 IBM website]

RPM's can be installed using:
<pre>smitty installp</pre>

== Step 3 - Install Dependencies ==

After Java 6 has been installed the following dependencies need to be installed:
<ul>
<li> expat-1.95.7 </li>
<li> fontconfig-2.2.2</li>
<li> freetype2-2.1.7</li>
<li> libpng-1.2.8</li>
<li> xrender-0.8.4</li>
<li> gettext-0.10.40</li>
<li> libjpeg-6b</li>
<li> libtiff-3.6.1</li>
<li> glib2-2.8.1</li>
<li> xcursor-1.0.2</li>
<li> xft-2.1.6</li>
<li> atk-1.10.3</li>
<li> cairo-1.0.2</li>
<li> pango-1.10.0</li>
<li> gtk2-2.8.3</li>
</ul>

RPM’s of all these packages are available from the IBM website, or the Linux toolbox for applications CD.

== Step 4 - Install Firefox ==

The system is now ready to install Firefox 2 base installation. 

The Firefox 2 RPM can be downloaded from the [http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/software/aix/browsers/index.html IBM website]

Again, the RPM can be installed using <pre>smitty installp</pre>. 

Now that everything has been installed a symlink to the Java 6 plugin as to be created in order for Firefox to locate it.

<pre>ln –s /usr/java6_64/jre/plugin/ppc64/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so /usr/mozilla/firefox/plugins/libjavaplugin_oji.so</pre>

Note: it is possible that the libjavaplugin_oji.so file is located somewhere else, be sure to first issue a find (find / -name libjavaplugin_oji.so) to ensure you have the right file.

After executing the command listed above the symlink should be available in Firefox 2.

== Additional settings ==
Note: X11 Forwarding has to be configured in the sshd_config file if you're going to use Firefox through a ssh client (like [http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/ PuTTY]). The configuration file can be found in: /etc/ssh/sshd_config. 

Adjust the following settings (by removing the "#"):

<pre>AllowTcpForwarding yes
X11Forwarding yes
X11DisplayOffset 10
X11UseLocalhost yes</pre>

Add the following line to the file: 

<pre>XAuthLocation /usr/bin/X11/xauth</pre>

After this, restart sshd using:

<pre>stopsrc -s sshd
startsrc -s sshd</pre>

In order for the script to be activated it is necissary to log out ang log back to the server if a ssh shell is used.

Congratulations! You now should have Firefox 2 with Java 6... have fun!

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