Hi all,

If I type the following: echo $PATH
this is the output:
usr/kerberos/sbin:/usr/kerberos/bin:/usr/local/jdk1.5.0/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/root/bin

My problem is as follows:
I want the PATH to start looking in usr/local/jdk1.5.0/bin and the the rest should follow.
(it should echo sometihng like this -- /usr/local/jdk1.5.0/bin:/usr/kerberos/sbin bla bla bla)
I know that I should edit the /etc/profile file but I can't seem to get it right:
This is what the /etc/profile file looks like
---start
# Path manipulation
if [ `id -u` = 0 ]; then
pathmunge /sbin
pathmunge /usr/sbin
pathmunge /usr/local/sbin
fi

pathmunge /usr/X11R6/bin after


# No core files by default
ulimit -S -c 0 > /dev/null 2>&1

USER="`id -un`"
LOGNAME=$USER
MAIL="/var/spool/mail/$USER"

HOSTNAME=`/bin/hostname`
HISTSIZE=1000
JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/jdk1.5.0

if [ -z "$INPUTRC" -a ! -f "$HOME/.inputrc" ]; then
INPUTRC=/etc/inputrc
fi

export PATH USER LOGNAME MAIL HOSTNAME HISTSIZE INPUTRC JAVA_HOME
PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH

for i in /etc/profile.d/*.sh ; do
if [ -r "$i" ]; then
. $i
fi
done

unset i
unset pathmunge
---end

I have tried puttng JAVA_HOME just after the export command and not at the end of the line but that does not help.

If you ask me why would I like to do all of this? Well I'm having issues installing a self extracting binary and the installer is 'using' a java vm not in JAVA_HOME (jdk1.5) but in java/bin (jdk1.4)

Btw I'm running Fedora Core 3.

Any help will be greatly appreciated
Thanks in advance
Alwyn

You must first define PATH and then export PATH

OK, I made the following changes in /etc/profile

FROM

export PATH USER LOGNAME MAIL HOSTNAME HISTSIZE INPUTRC JAVA_HOME
PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH

TO
PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
export JAVA_HOME PATH USER LOGNAME MAIL HOSTNAME HISTSIZE INPUTRC JAVA_HOME

This did not have any effect and echo $PATH still outputs:

/usr/kerberos/sbin:/usr/kerberos/bin:/usr/local/jdk1.5.0/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/root/bin

Should I not maybe alter the /etc/bashrc file?


thx
Alwyn

Did you refresh the path? I mean typing:

nice one! That did the trick - thanks!
It's just funny cause did reboot after making the changes and by default I thought the path would have been refreshed.....or maybe it's just me

Alwyn