On Sat, 2003-03-08 at 15:02, Justin Haaheim wrote: > I downloaded and installed the j2sdk (1.4.1). I'm wondering what needs > to be done next to get java fully set up. > > Either the java bin directory needs to be on the system path, or I need > to set up links to java and javac in /usr/bin (or something). Is either > way better? (and what file would I edit to have the java directory > permanantly be part of the system path (for all users)) > > Secondly, all the files (including java and javac) in the java/bin > folder are shell scripts. I would've thought they would be binaries. > As it is, some makefiles I have can't access java because it would need > to be ./java. Maybe I'm missing something. How have others of you > configured the jsdk on your machine? I prefer to set up the path to the JDK within my .bash_profile The reason is that it is not unusual to have to be running different JDKs over time. If all the JDKs are parked in opt and you set it in your profile, it is a small change and a source to change JDKs. Perry Hoekstra _______________________________________________ Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list