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Using WebEX, in Mozilla Firefox on Ubuntu 9.04

We regularly use WebEX within our organisation – and whilst I mostly work under Windows; sometime it would be great to have the other PC on my desk (using Ubuntu 9.04) running the WebEX in the background.

I have always struggled in getting this to work – but now I have a solution.

Firstly you will need to enter:

sudo apt-get install libstdc++5 sun-java6-plugin

followed by added the following two lines into your ~/.profile file:

export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.66
export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH

Then restart your server all just your X-Server and you should be able to join the WebEX meeting successfully!

4 Comments to “Using WebEX, in Mozilla Firefox on Ubuntu 9.04”

  1. After doing all of the above and many more i get this page

    When a security message appears, click Yes to continue setting up WebEx Meeting Manager.

    If a security message does not appear or you clicked No, because you want to set up Meeting Manager at a later time, download the installer. Then start to manually install Meeting Manager.

    Note: Windows 2000 requires administrator privileges for installation. ”
    and nothing happens after it. Any idea what’s going on ? there is no installer for any linux?

  2. Everyone says to point to /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.66, but I don’t have that folder with Jaunty (9.04). Instead, I have /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.16. What am I doing wrong? Or was this a typo?

    I can join WebEx meetings, but can’t share or see shared desktops.

    • Jon, I double checked and yes you are right – however I have been able to run WebEX. I also seem to have the issue about sharing my desktop – but I can see others.

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