trying to get java JDK to work in ~/bin

glsmaxx · 10-07-2014, 06:16 PM

I have changed the path for my bash scripts to be able to be in a /bin in my Home dir. I would like to be able to do it for Java. If I opened up the .tar.gz in the bin dir how do I set my $PATH to work? I did it in bashrc for the bash scripts..

I am running Manjaro if that matters.

Thanks in advance.

ndc85430 · 10-08-2014, 12:58 AM

In .bashrc, just append the path to the directory containing the "java" executable to your PATH like you did with ~/bin. I'm not entirely sure what difficulty you're having, since you've already managed to do the same thing for your bash scripts!

You'll also want to set the JAVA_HOME variable. This can be done in your .bashrc, too. Set it to the directory which has been created after extracting the contents of the tar.gz file.

rwilcher · 10-09-2014, 12:40 AM

Maybe you have to set the CLASSPATH environment variable in addition. Just a thought. JVM
may stumble without knowing what that is.