Hi, If you are using Ubuntu then add these lines to /etc/environment JAVA_HOME=*<actual path to jdk>* PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:$JAVA_HOME/bin"
Please put the actual path to JDK in the first line. Regards, Ravindra On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 5:50 PM, roland.depratti <roland.depra...@cox.net> wrote: > Anand, > > Sorry about that, I was assuming Redhat/Centos. > > For Ubuntu, try sudo update-alternatives --config java. > > > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Anand Murali <anand_vi...@yahoo.com> > Date: 04/01/2015 7:22 AM (GMT-05:00) > To: user@hadoop.apache.org > Subject: Re: Hadoop 2.6 issue > > Dear Mr.Roland: > > The alternatives command errors out. I have the extracted version of the > Oracle JDK7. However I am ignorant regarding its installation on Ubuntu. > Can you point me to installation material so that I can look up and try. > > Thanks > > Regards, > > Anand Murali > 11/7, 'Anand Vihar', Kandasamy St, Mylapore > Chennai - 600 004, India > Ph: (044)- 28474593/ 43526162 (voicemail) > > > > On Wednesday, April 1, 2015 4:33 PM, Roland DePratti < > roland.depra...@cox.net> wrote: > > > Anand, > > My guess is that your alternatives setup isn’t complete. > > At a prompt, as su, run the command ‘alternatives - - config java’. Make > sure that the oracle version is listed and is marked as the active one. > > If it is not, go through the steps to make sure it is. > > - rd > > *From:* Anand Murali [mailto:anand_vi...@yahoo.com] > *Sent:* Wednesday, April 01, 2015 5:42 AM > *To:* user@hadoop.apache.org > *Subject:* Re: Hadoop 2.6 issue > > I continue to get the samede error.I > > export JAVA_HOME=/home/anand_vihar/jdk1.0.7_u75 (in hadoop-env.sh) > > > when I echo $JAVA_HOME it shows me the above path but when I $java > -version, it gives me openjdk version > > start-dfs.sh ....... errors out saying JAVA_HOME not set., but echo shows > JAVA_HOME. Strange !! > > > Regards, > > Anand Murali > 11/7, 'Anand Vihar', Kandasamy St, Mylapore > Chennai - 600 004, India > Ph: (044)- 28474593/ 43526162 (voicemail) > >
