Re: Woody - setting PATH
On Wed, 2002-07-10 at 10:55, Tom Cook wrote:
> 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.
They both work a dream.
But why is there an entry for PATH in login.defs that does absolutely
nothing?
Crispin
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