. /etc/profile.d/java.sh ^ note space Craig On Tue, 2006-03-28 at 22:08 +0200, Ali Helmy wrote: > So i su-ed to root and created /etc/profile.d/java.sh > I copied+pasted the items you sent me into /etc/profile.d/java.sh > then i ./java.sh > but when i echo $JAVA_HOME > i get a blank line for the output! > > so what am i doing wrong? > > On 28/03/06, Craig White <craigwhite@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, 2006-03-28 at 13:30 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Monday 27 March 2006 13:46, Craig White wrote: > > >On Mon, 2006-03-27 at 20:08 +0200, Ali Helmy wrote: > > >> Hey mates, > > >> > > >> In an installation of one program (Apache Tomcat) it > instructed me > > >> to: Set an environment variable named JAVA_HOME to the > pathname of > > >> the directory into which you installed the JRE... > > >> > > >> So how does one set an environment variable? Assuming I > got java > > >> installed at /usr/java/ > > > > > >---- > > >this ***may*** be useful to you > > > > > ># cat /etc/profile.d/java.sh > > >JREHOME="/usr/java/jre1.5.0_06/lib/i386" > > >JAVA_HOME="/usr/java/jre1.5.0_06" > > >JAVAWSHOME="/usr/java/jre1.5.0_06/javaws" > > >LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$JREHOME:$JAVAWSHOME" > > >PATH="$PATH:/usr/java/jre1.5.0_06/bin" > > >export JAVA_HOME > > > > > >Adjust as needed > > > > > >Craig > > > > Thanks Craig, although I expect this will enlarge the > already lengthy > > list of stuff that needs massaging when a new java jre is > installed. > ---- > it all depends upon what your needs are. I'm giving the larger > picture > view here but I can appreciate that some are incapable of > seeing the > larger picture. > > you only need to implement that which you need - much as I've > done there > by only exporting the JAVA_HOME and not the other > environmental > variables. > > Thus, the path is likely to be important and in his case, he > needed the > environmental variable JAVA_HOME so it is exported > > Craig > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > > -- > A. Helmy > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
