java in Linux question

[Michael A. Peters]

On Mon, 2006-05-08 at 03:53 -0700, M E Fieu wrote:
> Hi.. I have installed java in the following folder /usr/java/jre1.5.0_06 in linux, may i know
> whether i should create JAVA_HOME variable like windows do ??  If I want to add the following
> entries 
> 
> JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/jre1.5.0_06
> 
> where should I add ??  /etc/profile ?  I added but it doesn't appear in ENV after I relogin 
> 

I recommend using the jpackage nosrc.rpm to create Sun java rpms.

http://www.jpackage.org/rpm.php?id=3366
http://www.jpackage.org/rebuilding.php