Java bash Mandrake9

yevbo23 · 12-13-2002, 07:57 PM

Hello, I am trying to set a classpath for Java (java resides in /usr/java/j2sdk1.4.0_03/bin/ in my case) in Mandrake9. How do I do it? Do put this line:

export PATH=$PATH:/usr/java/j2sdk1.4.0_03/bin/

in both or either:

1.) /etc/bashrc
2.) /etc/profile

and if yes, then where exactly in file? As you've probably guessed by now, I am using bash shell. Thanks for your help!

--Gene

MasterC · 12-13-2002, 09:46 PM

Not /etc/bashrc, but rather ~/.bash_profile

And it depends on your wants, if you want this to be in the path for all users, then I'd stick it in /etc/profile, but if you want it for specific users only, then the bash_profile is for that.

Cool

yevbo23 · 12-13-2002, 09:57 PM

so where exactly in the file do I stick it? Because there is code that I am not sure I understand very well...

jdc2048 · 12-13-2002, 10:32 PM

It doesn't really matter, unless you stick it in an "if, then, else" structure. You can place it at the end of the file and should not have any problems.

You mentioned you were trying to set "classpath" though. If this is the case you want to make it:

export CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH:/usr/java/j2sdk1.4.0_03/bin/

However if you were just trying to set the PATH to the java executable, then what you had is correct.

yevbo23 · 12-13-2002, 10:48 PM

Hmmphh, I put my thing in /etc/profile, and now i can't login into either KDE or GNOME, only IceWM works, and even there in shells I can't do anything, not su or ls or anything... How I fix it?
Thanks...

yevbo23 · 12-13-2002, 11:12 PM

Never mind, logged in as a root, removed this stuff, now everything works.

Grrr...