I believe the file is called .bashrc and it is in every user's home directory,
as well as, /root. You don't have to log in as root to configure the users.
Smitty
On Wednesday 01 October 2003 21:45, you wrote:
> Thanks for the responce, Smitty. I login under root. So, are you saying
> I should have a file in /root called ".bash_profile"? I did a search,
> and I don't have that file anywhere on my harddrive. Could it be the
> result of java not being properly installed?
>
> Smitty wrote:
> >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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