Re: setting up JAVA_HOME variable

Hi all, Just a quick follow-up on this issue, on RedHat systems (from 6.x and up) it is usually better to create a file under /etc/profile.d/ (name it "java_env.sh", the .sh suffix is important ) than to edit /etc/profile. /etc/profile is a system file included in RedHat's packages. Putting your

Re: setting up JAVA_HOME variable

Paul Tremblay wrote: Reply-To: I would like to set install fop and need to know how to set up the variable JAVA_HOME. Specifically, the directions state: You have to set the enviroment variable JAVA_HOME. It must point to your local JDK root directory. Can anyone tell me how to do this? As r

Re: setting up JAVA_HOME variable

Depending on your Linux distribution, you need to add this line into your profile: export JAVA_HOME=/opt/java/jdk (if you installed java initially in /opt/java/jdk, your case might be different) If you are using RedHat and want to setup java globally, add that line into /etc/profile file. I

setting up JAVA_HOME variable

Reply-To: I would like to set install fop and need to know how to set up the variable JAVA_HOME. Specifically, the directions state: You have to set the enviroment variable JAVA_HOME. It must point to your local JDK root directory. Can anyone tell me how to do this? Thanks Paul -- **