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On Sun, 18 Apr 2004 11:17:17 -0400 "D.E. Chadbourne" <235u at comcast.net> wrote: > hi. what's the best way to set the environment variable globally? > i'm screwing this thing up. below is my lame attempt. thanks for any > info, eric. > > [root at mathPlayPen eric]# export > PATH="$PATH:/opt/j2sdk_nb/j2sdk1.4.2/jre/bin" > [root at mathPlayPen eric]# /usr/bin/jedit > Warning: JAVA_HOME environment variable not set. > [root at mathPlayPen eric]# With respect to the other answers and solutions: You cannot export an environment variable to other processes already running at the time. The only way another process may inherit an environment variable is a child process. In the above case, you could have exported JAVA_HOME before you ran jedit. export PATH="$PATH:/opt/j2sdk_nb/j2sdk1.4.2/jre/bin export JAVA_HOME=/opt/j2sdk_nb/j2sdk1.4.2/jre/lib /usr/bin/jedit Assuming this is the correct location for JAVA_HOME. Probably the best way to do this is in your .bashrc and/or your .xsession or best in /etc/profile On my system it is done when /etc/profile sources /etc/profile.d/alljava.sh. This way you will get all the appropriate JAVA environment variables. One of the most confusing issues I find in my Linux class is trying to explain the difference between environment variables in Unix/Linux and Windows. In Windows, all envornment variables are global and one process can side effect another. In Unix/Linux, this cannot occur. -- Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org> Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.blu.org/pipermail/discuss/attachments/20040418/303c3870/attachment.sig>
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