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howtos:software:java [2014/01/18 12:20 (UTC)] – Explain about the profile script in the Java package alienbobhowtos:software:java [2014/01/18 12:21 (UTC)] – [Java not found after installation] alienbob
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 export MANPATH="${MANPATH}:${JAVA_HOME}/man" export MANPATH="${MANPATH}:${JAVA_HOME}/man"
 export PATH="${PATH}:${JAVA_HOME}/bin:${JAVA_HOME}/jre/bin" export PATH="${PATH}:${JAVA_HOME}/bin:${JAVA_HOME}/jre/bin"
-</code> This means that right after installing the Java package, you either need to logout and login again. If it is inconvenient to logout right now, there is an alternative: you can "//[[wp>Dot_(Unix)|source]]//" the script by running the following command in your console, or in every terminal where you want to use Java without logging out and in again (example for OpenJDK and a bash-compatible shell): <code>+</code> This means that right after installing the Java package, you need to logout and login again in order to load the Java profile script. If it is inconvenient to logout right now, there is an alternative: you can "//[[wp>Dot_(Unix)|source]]//" the script by running the following command in your console, or in every terminal where you want to use Java without logging out and in again (example for OpenJDK and a bash-compatible shell): <code>
 . /etc/profile.d/openjdk.sh . /etc/profile.d/openjdk.sh
 </code> Note the dot character at the start of the line, that dot is the "source" command of the shell. </code> Note the dot character at the start of the line, that dot is the "source" command of the shell.
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