java.sh would be executed by your login shell and would set things like $JAVA_HOME, $PATH, $CLASSPATH..... ---- Robert P. Nix internet: nix.robert@xxxxxxxx Mayo Clinic phone: 507-284-0844 RO-CE-8-857 page: 507-270-1182 200 First St. SW Rochester, MN 55905 ---- "Codito, Ergo Sum" "In theory, theory and practice are the same, but in practice, theory and practice are different." > -----Original Message----- > From: Harry Putnam [SMTP:reader@xxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 9:29 AM > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: java software in core > > 1. Download and install the Java RPM from Sun > > 2. Create and edit the file /etc/profile.d/java.sh > > What is step 2 all about? >