On Wednesday 01 October 2003 20:16, you wrote:
> Trying to get it so I can run .jar files. I have Java properly installed
> because I can run applets from the web. I asked someone from a different
> forum what I should do, and they said I need to edit my bash file (see
> below). Can someone translate this to a little simpler language for a
> newbie? :-)
> -Ken
>
> > RE: Java / Neuros DBM
> > 2003-09-30 20:52
> > Java is not in your path. You want to put these entries in your
> > .bash_profile file.
That is a file in your home user directory. It is a dotted file.
> >
> > export JAVA_HOME= * put java location here *
That is where java is installed on your hard drive. In a terminal input the
command: which java
The output will give you the path to the java binary on your hd.
On mine it is /usr/lib/java/jre/bin/java
> > export PATH=$PATH:$JAVA_HOME/bin
> >
> > Note, you'll have to find where java is installed on your box.
> > On my box it's installed in /usr/java/j2sdk1.4.1_01 so my JAVA_HOME is:
> >
> > export JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/j2sdk1.4.1_01
> >
> > Make those changes and open up a new terminal.
Hope that helps.
Smitty
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