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Setting PATH system variable

Asked by javarunner on 2006-10-01

I have installed the Sun Java SDK in usr/local/Java/jdk1.5.0_09 directory. I need to set the system PATH so that I can execute the java and javac commands from anywhere in my environment. I've tried the export command, but it did not seem to have the desired affect.
How can I do this?
Thanks...

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2006-10-02
Kurt von Finck (mneptok) said : #1

Put this in .bashrc or whatever file(s) your shell uses for environment variables:

PATH=${PATH}:/usr/local/Java/jdk1.5.0_09
export PATH

This will append your PATH to include Java, so do not overwrite prior PATH statements with this.

Eamonn Sullivan (eamonn-sullivan) said : #2

This doesn't directly answer your question, but FYI that Java and the JDK are in the Ubuntu repositories already. Just do:

sudo apt-get install sun-java5-jdk sun-java5-jre sun-java5-plugin

Now run:

sudo update-alternatives --config java

And make sure you're using Sun's java. That'll handle all the path-setting for every user and makes it much easier to manage updates, etc. You'll have to enable the `multiverse' repository, I believe.

Hope that helps.

javarunner (randomnoise) said : #3

Thanks for responding. The magic of sudo!
I'm just starting to get into Linux and have tried several distros.
I've used Windows since MS released version 1. Since I use so much
open-source in my work, I thought I'd give Linux a try as a dev
environment. Looked at several distros, Mandriva, xandros but finally
settled on Ubuntu. I have it as the only OS on this desktop, and have
it in a dual-boot setup on my laptop (with Win XP Pro). I'm trying to
transfer all development to Ubuntu - write-once, run-anywhere. I'll let
you know how it goes. I work with Java/JBoss/XFire/Axis stacks.
On Sun, 2006-10-01 at 06:22 +0000, Eamonn Sullivan wrote:
> Support request #1931 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+ticket/1931
>
> Comment:
> This doesn't directly answer your question, but FYI that Java and the JDK are in the Ubuntu repositories already. Just do:
>
> sudo apt-get install sun-java5-jdk sun-java5-jre sun-java5-plugin
>
> Now run:
>
> sudo update-alternatives --config java
>
> And make sure you're using Sun's java. That'll handle all the path-setting for every user and makes it much easier to manage updates, etc. You'll have to enable the `multiverse' repository, I believe.
>
> Hope that helps.

Eamonn Sullivan (eamonn-sullivan) said : #4

thanks for the reply. If this problem is solved, consider changing the status to "answered."

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