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Set JAVA_HOME variable permanently

dulpit · 2014-08-06 18:19:46

Hey all, This is possibly a stupid question, but is there an easy/quick way to set my JAVA_HOME system variable so that it will apply system wide, all the time? I've downloaded and installed the 1.8.0_11 JDK and want this as the variable, but can't seem to figure out how to set it as the variable across sessions. I'm using…

06-08-2014 7:19pm

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dulpit

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Hey all,

This is possibly a stupid question, but is there an easy/quick way to set my JAVA_HOME system variable so that it will apply system wide, all the time? I've downloaded and installed the 1.8.0_11 JDK and want this as the variable, but can't seem to figure out how to set it as the variable across sessions.

I'm using Ubuntu 14.04 fwiw.

Cheers.

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#2 07-08-2014 11:11am

opus

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Don't use Ubuntu but in Ferora I'd put two files in /etc/profile.d called javahome.sh & javahome.csh with the following commands.

export JAVA_HOME=whatever

&

setenv JAVA_HOME whatever

Presume there's something similar in Ubuntu?

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#3 08-08-2014 1:27pm

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Yes ubuntu is very similar and what you suggest should work ... there are other possibilities too - OP see these Ubuntu Docs for full details.

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