Hi!

As I was browsing trough the site seeking information on Java I found this:
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I'm starting to think we need a neon sticky post about this topic........


Just installing Java isn't enough. You need to set up your environment variables as well. Mainly you need to set the PATH and JAVA_HOME variables. Those can be set in either your /etc/profile or ~/.bashrc files as follows

PATH = $PATH:/path/to/jre/bin
export PATH
JAVA_HOME = /path/to/jre
export JAVA_HOME

If you need to install the plugin for your browser, use the search button and search on Mozilla and java and you'll find a few dozen threads on how to get your browser to use Java.

Hangdog42 09-04-2003 01:32 PM
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Since a lot of persons ask how to install Java; I think it would be nice that someone write an HOWTO about this subject. It would be very useful for a lot of persons (newbies) since Sun website doesn't explain a lot about installing Java.

Thanks for reading!

Why don't you write and submit a LinuxAnswer?

That sounds like the perfect place for this type of thing.