Why does Chrome report java as old, even though I have the newest version?

I have the newest version of Oracle Java (1.7.0_05) from Webupd8's PPA.

Despite this, Google Chrome complaints that my Java plug-in is out dated, and forces me to confirm that I want to run every applet I have to use (like my bank and such).

Can anyone please tell me why this is?

Did Google screw up, or am I just in plain bad luck?

-- Edit -- (Upon request) I basically installed Java this way:

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install oracle-java7-installer

This works excellent for Firefox, but Chrome complains about the version. I have tried OpenJDK 7, but it both reports being too old in Chrome, and furthermore it won't load it at all.

3 Answers

Please try installing Oracle Java 7 the official way, i.e. downloading the binary installer from oracle.com instead of via a PPA.

AFAIK that definitely installs the updated browser plugin so that the browsers (at least Firefox for sure) can detect and use it.

Could you please update your question and let us know what you did to install Java

I had a similar issue but I used the following command in Ubuntu Terminal

sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jre

If you install this from Ubuntu's Software Center it will most likely install an add-on (icetea-netx). Make sure that it's selected before you hit install (in Ubuntu's Software Center). This will install Open Java 7 Runtime Environment with IceTea Netx (see ).

JDK is Java Development Kit and is not really required unless you are into developing Java programs.

You may have one version on your system, but a certain browser could be using other.

You should point chrome to the right java version, point the location of your libpnpjp2.so to chrome plugins.

Something like this:

sudo ln -s /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.7.0/jre/lib/amd64/libnpjp2.so /opt/google/chrome/plugins