Setting PATH problem

[Jim Seymour <bluejay@speedfactory.net>]

Running etch with kernel 2.6.12. I followed the tutorial for installing
sun java from http://www.crazysquirrel.com/computing/debian/java.jspx.
The problem is that I cannot seem to set the PATH variable. Here is a
clip from my /etc/profile.

# /etc/profile: system-wide .profile file for the Bourne shell (sh(1))
# and Bourne compatible shells (bash(1), ksh(1), ash(1), ...).

if [ "`id -u`" -eq 0 ]; then
  PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/lib/java/bin:usr/lib/java/jre/bin"
  else
    PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games:/usr/lib/java/bin:/usr/lib/java/jre/bin"
    fi

I want to set the java path system wide and the end result of this is:

/bin/bash: /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games: No such file or directory

The path statement is correct. Permissions are okay. What could be
blocking the path. Does not work for root or regular user.

TIA,

Jim

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