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Re: Woody - setting PATH



On  0, Crispin Wellington <crispin@aeonline.net> wrote:
> Just installed the java runtime in /usr/local/j2re1.4.0_01
> Now I want to add /usr/local/j2re1.4.0_01/bin to my PATH but I cant seem
> to do it.
> In /etc/login.defs I changed 
> 
> ENV_PATH  PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games
> 
> to
> 
> ENV_PATH 
> PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games:/usr/local/j2re1.4.0_0
> 1/bin
> 
> Logged in, but that didn't work. I tried 
> 
> export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/j2re1.4.0_01/bin
> 
> At the end of my ~/.bashrc, logged in, but that didn't work, either.
> 
> So if I could ask two questions...
> 
> 1) How should I add a path to PATH so it is available to all users
> system wide?

Add it to the PATH string in /etc/profile.

> 2) How should I add a path to PATH for only one user?

Add it to the PATH string in ~/.bash_profile.

Both of these should work.  If not, 'echo $PATH' to make sure that the
path is being set, then 'file /usr/local/j2re1.4.0_01/bin/java' to
make sure that the jvm is really there.

Tom
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