Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote on 05/21/2011 12:15 AM:
> On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 5:29 PM, Troy Dawson<[log in to unmask]>  wrote:
>> With RHEL 6.1 there is a package called "icedtea-web"
>> This not only have javaws, but it has "IcedTeaPlugin", which I am assuming
>> is equal to openjdk's plugin.
>>
>> So, right now, no there isn't a java plugin in SL6.  But it should be in
>> there soon.
>>
>> Troy
>
> One might also recompile and thest the SRPM.
>

The EL6.1 SRPM builds and installs on SL6, but hangs Firefox on an 
attempt to verify the plugin.

http://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Workstation/en/os/SRPMS/icedtea-web-1.0.2-3.el6.src.rpm

The Oracle jre plugin from their self-extracting RPM works.
http://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp

For i386:

# sh ./jre-6u25-linux-i586-rpm.bin
# cd /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
# ln -s /usr/java/jre1.6.0_25/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so
# alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java /usr/java/jre1.6.0_25/bin/java 2
# alternatives --config java
2

Verify at http://www.java.com/en/download/installed.jsp

Phil