very pretty! i couldn't pull that off anyway. you certainly could though. i am bidding on this: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=9303954445&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1 only reason - i have it for .99 cents. Ali Helmy wrote: > On 28/03/06, *Craig White* <craigwhite@xxxxxxxxxxx > <mailto:craigwhite@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: > > . /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 $JAVA_HOME > > i get a blank line for the output! > > > > so what am i doing wrong? > > > > On 28/03/06, Craig White < craigwhite@xxxxxxxxxxx > <mailto:craigwhite@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: > > On Tue, 2006-03-28 at 13:30 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > On Monday 27 March 2006 13:46, Craig White wrote: > > > >On Mon, 2006-03-27 at 20:08 +0200, Ali Helmy wrote: > > > >> Hey mates, > > > >> > > > >> In an installation of one program (Apache Tomcat) it > > instructed me > > > >> to: Set an environment variable named JAVA_HOME to the > > pathname of > > > >> the directory into which you installed the JRE... > > > >> > > > >> So how does one set an environment variable? Assuming I > > got java > > > >> installed at /usr/java/ > > > > > > > >---- > > > >this ***may*** be useful to you > > > > > > > ># cat /etc/profile.d/java.sh > > > >JREHOME="/usr/java/jre1.5.0_06/lib/i386" > > > >JAVA_HOME="/usr/java/jre1.5.0_06" > > > >JAVAWSHOME="/usr/java/jre1.5.0_06/javaws" > > > >LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$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 <mailto:fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > > To unsubscribe: > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > > > > > > -- > > A. Helmy > > -- > > fedora-list mailing list > > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx <mailto:fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx <mailto:fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > Emm, what? > > -- > A. Helmy > -- \||/ jack wallen, jr || life's too short for pants 00 soon to be head artist || so get your skirt on @ > no really, an artist of heads - || www.monkeypantz.net _ okay, okay...cosmetologist. ||