[TriLUG] Global JAVA_HOME variable?

[Janyne Kizer]

Thanks everyone!

Sam Penfield wrote:
> 
> The /usr/bin/java symlink works great most of the time but some
> applications still require it to be set.  One that comes to mind is
> Sun's Forte for Java.  Putting it in /etc/profile works great although I
> do test with different version so I set up some shell scripts to manage
> the versions.
> 
> Kevin - The Alchemist - Sonney wrote:
> 
> >On Tue, 2002-03-05 at 08:27, Janyne Kizer wrote:
> >
> >>I was wondering if there is a good way to set a system wide variable for
> >>JAVA_HOME?  I understand setting it in each person's .bash_profile but I
> >>would prefer to set it once for the system if possible so that if/when
> >>we change to a newer JRE we only have to change the path in one place.
> >>
> >
> >1- You can set system variables in /etc/profile
> >2 - I usually create a symlink from /usr/local/java to the proper
> >JAVA_HOME and set the system JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/java - that way, when
> >I upgrade the JDK, I just change the symlink, and it's done.
> >
> 
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Janyne Kizer
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