Compiling java files from root
 

I'm in the process of installing jedit in slackware, if i run the command line from my account :

java - java jedit-blah-blah-ect

it works fine, but if i attempt to change to su and install i just get

bash: java: command not found

I'm pretty sure i installed java(as part of netbeans) from the su and not from my account.

All that means is that the java bin direcotry isn't in root's PATH. It would work if you type out the full java path:

/path/to/java/bin/java -commands to run jedit.


By the way, if you installed jedit, you shouldn't have to run it with a java command. I think jedit adds a script to one of the normal bin directories (like /usr/local/bin) that will handle all the java nonsense. All you should need to do is type jedit at the command line.

if you use bash as your shell add the line:
export PATH=$PATH:/path/to/java/bin
to roots .bashrc file.