Comments on: How to Set JAVA_HOME / PATH variables Under Linux Bash Profile

By: Pablo

Pablo — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:22:57 +0000

Você sauvou minha vida! Obrigado!

You sauve my life! Thank you!

By: Sam

Sam — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 03:37:00 +0000

Linux Mint 10.10 (should work the same in Ubuntu 10.10)
By default you should be able to type:
$ which java
and get:
/usr/bin/java

/usr/bin/java is actually a symbolic link to /usr/lib/jvm/default-java
If you try to set /usr/bin/java as JAVA_HOME, you will have problems.
As a workaround, you should be able to set JAVA_HOME successfully using:
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/default-java
export PATH=$PATH:$JAVA_HOME/bin

By: kieron

kieron — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 04:41:19 +0000

Thanks, this helped me.

Fedora 14

By: notgzus

notgzus — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 18:07:53 +0000

i think he ment:

export JAVA_HOME=$JAVA_HOME:/usr/java/jdk1.6.0_26/bin/java
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/java/jdk1.6.0_26/bin

By: RT

RT — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 14:52:22 +0000

environment variables are setup correctly

env returns:

JAVA_HOME=usr/java/jdk1.6.0_26
PATH=usr/java/jdk1.6.0_26/bin:/usr/kerberos/sbin:/usr/kerberos/bin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/home/admin/bin

By: RT

RT — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 14:48:30 +0000

I keep getting a dependency problem when trying to install tomcat6 on rhel5:
omcat6-6.0.29-1.jpp5.noarch from jpackage-generic-updates has depsolving problems
–> Missing Dependency: java is needed by package tomcat6-6.0.29-1.jpp5.noarch (jpackage-generic-updates)
tomcat6-6.0.29-1.jpp5.noarch from jpackage-generic-updates has depsolving problems
–> Missing Dependency: java is needed by package tomcat6-6.0.29-1.jpp5.noarch (jpackage-generic-updates)
Error: Missing Dependency: java is needed by package tomcat6-6.0.29-1.jpp5.noarch (jpackage-generic-updates)

But, java is installed correctly as far as I can see. java -version returns
java version “1.6.0_26″
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_26-b03)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.1-b02, mixed mode)

By: Pratap

Pratap — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 12:11:13 +0000

Why do we need to SET path 2 times the same path??

By: alsat

alsat — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 17:27:59 +0000

I installed sun-java from synaptic package manager and to initialize these variables i did as explained above..
bt i thnk dr z sth wrong wid it.. i cannot start websphere because it returnd an error wid dese variables..
Can any1 tel me wts d proper way of setting these variables and path and in what all files so that it is set for all users system wide?
thnx!

By: zirimu andrew austin

zirimu andrew austin — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 11:19:39 +0000

Thanks Mustafa, It worked like a charm for me , am using RHEL5

By: csr

csr — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 07:15:15 +0000

+1 Made my day. Thank you.

By: haasdas

haasdas — Sat, 14 May 2011 18:53:33 +0000

I came across this:

sudo update-java-alternatives -s java-6-openjdk
(ubuntu 10.10 for me)
It seems to do a lot of stuff automatically!

Hope it helps some people out there

By: Mohammed

Mohammed — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 07:04:52 +0000

Dear all,

Can anyone help me?

I’ve installed jdk 1.6 update 24 and while opening appliciton its downloadin jdk 1.5,

from backend its showing 1.6 update 24, i’ve tried multiple noluck.

Regards,
Fareed.

By: H.Martin

H.Martin — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 18:24:17 +0000

This does not work!

By: ashwin

ashwin — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 08:09:18 +0000

Hi Sandeep,

Setting java class path in Linux:
I have faced the same problem . How to set it permanently. please help me

By: Karthigayan

Karthigayan — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 05:10:23 +0000

Thanks. This is excellent. This was very useful. Thank Musthafa

By: Chandrasekar

Chandrasekar — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 06:57:50 +0000

use “sudo ” if you’re using ubuntu.
else try using “su”
Try googling in case both don’t work :D

By: sandeep

sandeep — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 08:59:11 +0000

hay it is working…but how can i set permentally set…the java path
its working only one terminoal only…
i need permentally java path setting
help me

By: NAVEEN SHARMA

NAVEEN SHARMA — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 16:21:42 +0000

when I type these above script or command my terminal say “Permission denied”.
Tell the answer
Thanks in Advnace

By: Shanaka

Shanaka — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 05:02:13 +0000

Thanks This is very useful..

By: soothsayer

soothsayer — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 18:25:22 +0000

I dont know what everyone else is saying. I just read the first couple of posts from people and found some people having issues with this.. However I just wanted to thank the person who wrote this article at the first place. The instructions worked perfect for me.. thanks a lot.