Setting up my java classpath in redhat

working2hard · 07-26-2004, 05:12 PM

I am trying to set my PATH variable on my system so I don't have tp type in thewhole path any time I want to run a java program like so:

/usr/java/j2sdk1.4.2/bin/java myProgram

I went into my /etc/profile file and entered the following lines

PATH=$PATH:/usr/java/j2sdk1.4.2/bin

export PATH

when I open a terminal and type echo $PATH I don't see the new path that I added

can someone please suggest what I doing wrong.

Thanks

darin3200 · 07-26-2004, 05:24 PM

As root run 'source /etc/profile' otherwise it is using what is already loaded

working2hard · 07-26-2004, 05:29 PM

Thanks a lot darin3200 it's working fine now

working2hard · 07-27-2004, 11:41 AM

Hey Darin3200

When I close my terminal and start a new one the newly set values of $PATH and $CLASSPATH dissappear.

do I have to run /etc/profile each time I want the class path set?

Thanks

barisdemiray · 07-27-2004, 11:52 AM

Maybe you can edit the shortcut that starts the console. For example you can add the konsole --ls line to command part of your konsole shortcut and then it'll start a login console each time you open a new one.

working2hard · 07-27-2004, 12:26 PM

I did what you suggested and now my terminal will not open anymore it opens and runs some command and shuts off automatically I can't get it to open up .

Any suggestions?

working2hard · 07-27-2004, 01:29 PM

can some one please help me with this

psiakr3w · 07-27-2004, 01:52 PM

From what info I've gathered using google, it's quite possible that /etc/profile does not get sourced everytime you log in as the shell is supposedly bypassed if you use a display manager (see last post of http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=164709).

So I'd recommend that you instead append your export statement (export PATH=$PATH:...) to your ~/.bashrc file instead, and see if that makes a difference.

barisdemiray · 07-28-2004, 03:24 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by working2hard
can some one please help me with this

Sorry.. I wrote exactly what i use and it works great for me. I'm executing some prompt code and it works only when i use konsole --ls (not with konsole). Maybe you should add your environment variables to the ~/.bashrc file (No guarantee :-)) or check ~./.bashrc and ~./.bash_profile to find out any script causing console to close.

darin3200 · 07-28-2004, 10:15 AM

You might want to check out the suggesstion of the .bashrc but your /etc/profile should load everytime you start a terminal. What distro are you using, also post your /etc/profile.
Here's mine

Code:

# /etc/profile:
# $Header: /home/cvsroot/gentoo-src/rc-scripts/etc/profile,v 1.23 2003/04/29 21:23:18 azarah Exp $

if [ -e "/etc/profile.env" ]
then
	. /etc/profile.env
fi

# 077 would be more secure, but 022 is generally quite realistic
umask 022

if [ `/usr/bin/whoami` = 'root' ]
then
	# Do not set PS1 for dumb terminals
	if [ "$TERM" != 'dumb'  ] && [ -n "$BASH" ]
	then
		export PS1='\[\033[01;31m\]\h \[\033[01;34m\]\W \$ \[\033[00m\]'
	fi
	export PATH="/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:${ROOTPATH}"
else
	# Do not set PS1 for dumb terminals
	if [ "$TERM" != 'dumb'  ] && [ -n "$BASH" ]
	then
		export PS1='\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h \[\033[01;34m\]\W \$ \[\033[00m\]'
	fi
	export PATH="/bin:/home/darinf/.mozillasunbird:/home/darinf/.firefox:/home/darinf/.thunderbird:/usr/bin:${PATH}"
fi
unset ROOTPATH

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

# Extract the value of EDITOR
[ -z "$EDITOR" ] && EDITOR="`. /etc/rc.conf 2>/dev/null; echo $EDITOR`"
[ -z "$EDITOR" ] && EDITOR="`. /etc/conf.d/basic 2>/dev/null; echo $EDITOR`"
[ -z "$EDITOR" ] && EDITOR="/bin/nano"
export EDITOR