Set Environment

[Raghu V Vadapalli]

copy these two lines to your ~/.bash_profile and you are
all set with your environment. 
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/j2re1.4.2_03
export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH

But if you want to start java -jar * that's a different story as you
have to work on init scripts. As long as you want just a launcher
copying these two lines is good enough.


On Tue, 2004-02-17 at 15:33, Andrew Levey wrote:
> Hi 
> 
> Some help needed with
> 
> Set environment and
> 
> Application launcher 
> 
> 
> I want to use the html editor Arachnophilia 5.2 build 1959 (12/08/2003)
> (Java) 
> 
> ( I used the vers. 4 (not java) on windows before switching to Fedora
> Linux)
> 
> I installed the Java runtime j2re-1_4_2_03-linux.i586.rpm from the sun
> site and downloaded Arachnophilia.jar
> 
> 
> After changing the environment :
> 
> export JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/j2re1.4.2_03
> 
> export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
> 
> 
> In the arachnophilia directory entering :
> 
> java -jar Arachnophilia.jar
> 
> Everything runs tickety boo
> 
> 
> How do I automate this ?
> 
> 
> The environment changes are lost when the terminal window is closed
> 
> Do I need a script to make these changes for each session ?
> 
> Should it be scripted somewhere ? (how?)
> 
> 
> I also want to run a launcher on the desktop for the application. I
> presume I need a script to run java -jar Arachnophilia jar from the
> arachnophilia directory ?
> 
> 
> The arachnophilia website suggests a plain text desktop shortcut:-
> 
> [Desktop Entry]
> 
> Exec=java -jar (path to Arachnophilia JAR file) / Arachnophilia.jar
> 
> Name=Arachnophilia
> 
> Type=Application
> 
> 
> my path being /usr/local/src/arachnophilia/Arachnophilia.jar
> 
> 
> I tried that and get : Failed to execute child process java (No such
> file or directory)
> 
> 
> As you can see I'm new to linux.
> 
> All help gratefully received
> 
> Regards
> 
> Andrew Levey
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