to use the java compiler i have to enter the full path, along the lines of:
/home/net/j2../javac foo.java
which seems a bit much.
You need to set your $PATH environment variable to include your sdk [or jre].
You can do this a number of places, anything that gets run as you login, such as your .profile file [in your home dir], /etc/profile or create a file in /etc/profile.d called java.sh with [something like] the following:
export JAVA_HOME="/usr/java/j2re1.4.2_02" export PATH="$PATH:$JAVA_HOME/bin"
The last option [/etc/profile.d/java.sh] has the benefit of working for every user, not just yourself.
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HTH,
-- Craig Thomas [cjtinhp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
