linux environmental variable
 

hi all
i am new to linux fedora core-5
i have installed jdk1.5.0_06 in /usr/java/ directory
and set the environment variable JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/jdk1.5.0_06
and PATH=/usr/java/jdk1.5.0_06/bin
but once i exit the shell the environmental variables also get fly away
on re-envoking the shell i am not able to compile java program
please help me

Hi,

You need to add these to your local environment file (~/.profile or ~/.bash_profile).

You can just add the following lines at the end of either of the 2 files:
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/jdk1.5.0_06
and
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/java/jdk1.5.0_06/bin

If you want everybody (global) to have access, add the lines to the bottom of /etc/profile.

Hope this helps.

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