jdk not working

crash_override_me · 10-13-2005, 08:52 AM

hi guys,

i tried exporting the path of my jdk/bin to /etc/profile...., but it does'nt seem to work out.
i have installed the jdk in my home directory, cause i am the sole user of my machine......

is it necessary to install jdk in some global directory like /usr or /usr/local ????

Please Help!!

Valhalla · 10-13-2005, 10:08 AM

generally, I think the variable you want to alter is $CLASSPATH, although I'm not sure. This should point to wherever your system classes are. You probably also want to add the location of you java executables (java, javac, javap, etc.) to your path as well. If you are the only user of your machine, then there is no harm in you installing the jdk globally, and generally things like java are considered system resources.

juby · 10-18-2005, 03:19 AM

#vi ~/.bash_profile

add these lines

--------------------
JAVA_HOME=~/<your java dir>
CLASSPATH=<add ur classpath here>
PATH=$PATH:$JAVA_HOME/bin

export JAVA_HOME
export CLASSPATH
export PATH
---------------------

execute thsi cmd from terminal

# source ~/.bash_profile

that should fix it

juby · 10-18-2005, 12:35 PM

Ubuntu is bit funny abt bash_profile, i found taht we have to edit

/etc/bash.bashrc

and theres no point in editing ~/.bash_profile