64 bit Java plugin on 64 bit Ubuntu

The Java 64 bit plugin install for a Ubuntu 64 bit system

Since Java 6 update 10 , Sun provides a 64 bit plugin for 64 bit browsers on Ubuntu Hardy Heron and upwards.
 

The plugin support for 64 bit however reached maturity with Java 6 update 12 . To install the plugin install java 6 update 12 as given above. To get the plugin to work . symlink the file libnpjp2.so to your home plugins folder as shown below. I f the /home/youirusername/.mozilla/plugins directory does not exist create it . Then symlink the file

ln -s /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.12/jre/lib/amd64/libnpjp2.so   /home/hari/.mozilla/plugins/.

I have Firefox which is 64 bit on my 8.04 Hardy heron box and the plugin works great! . There is no need to use the 32 bit plugin as mentioned elsewhere