issues on setting up environment

[Matthew S-H]

On Jul 20, 2005, at 12:39 AM, Steve Torrefranca wrote:

> hello,
>
> i was setting up our ubuntu test app server and i have j2sdk 1.5
> apt-getted and installed at /usr/lib/j2sdk1.5-sun/
>
> then i did export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/j2sdk1.5-sun/ from the command  
> line
> and jboss ran smoothly.   but after i closed the terminal and opened a
> new one, JAVA_HOME was gone.
>
> So I added "export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/j2sdk1.5-sun/" in /etc/ 
> profile and
> did source /etc/profile command.  checked it with echo $JAVA_HOME  
> and it
> was again there.  but when i closed the terminal and open a new one  
> (or
> even just opening a new tab) it was gone!  isnt it supposed to be  
> there
> once you added it to profile or bash_rc?
>
> so, we call it windwz hang over, i rebooted and tried echo command  
> again
> and it was still missing (with the export line in profile).
>
> tried at my ubuntu laptop, same behavior.
>
> out of curiousity, and i hope no cats died, i tried it  with a debian
> machine but it was okay.
>
> am i missing or messing something?



not really an expert on this, but try adding this to your /etc/profile:
---START---
JAVA_HOME='/usr/lib/j2sdk1.5-sun/'
export JAVA_HOME
---END---

Hope that helps.
If not, I'll pass the buck on to someone who knows better.



~Matt
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