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howtos:software:java [2014/01/18 12:21 (UTC)] – [Java not found after installation] alienbobhowtos:software:java [2014/11/08 12:39 (UTC)] (current) – [Java not found after installation] fix typo in name of profile.d bormant
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 Help! I installed Java but when I try to use it, I get "command not found"! Help! I installed Java but when I try to use it, I get "command not found"!
  
-What you need to know is that the Java package installs two files in your profile directory "''/etc/profile/d/''". Depending on which login shell you use, one of these is executed whenever you login. The profile script adds the Java directory to the $PATH variable (so that you can start the ''java'' command) and sets the $JAVA_HOME variable (needed by other programs that try to locate your Java installation).+What you need to know is that the Java package installs two files in your profile directory "''/etc/profile.d/''". Depending on which login shell you use, one of these is executed whenever you login. The profile script adds the Java directory to the $PATH variable (so that you can start the ''java'' command) and sets the $JAVA_HOME variable (needed by other programs that try to locate your Java installation).
  
 Here follows the content of such a script on 64-bit Slackware: <code> Here follows the content of such a script on 64-bit Slackware: <code>

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