Oracle EBS is using Oracle Java Initiator to run its java applets, obviously this would not work on Linux since Jinitiator is build for Windows platform as windows application. However, as of this writing, this method is also works for Windows Vista (using different command and setting, off course). This note will only discuss how to in Linux (Ubuntu, Fedora, etc.).
To run Oracle EBS java you will need other java runtime environment. Use the package manager to install Java Runtime Environment from Sun. Once installed, Open a terminal from Application – Accessories – Terminal, type
change path to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins directory (if you are using a different version of Firefox than the default one, then the directory name might be different), the command is
cd /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
and press enter.
Then type
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.XX/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so .
and press enter (don’t forget the period at the end); XX is the installed Java version.
Try access your application. Mine works.
