Path variable

[esogos]

Hello,

I have installed java into my system and I want to add it in the path variable. I used the command

PATH=/mydir/jdk1.6.0/bin/:$PATH

My problem is that kubuntu already has the java command, so when I write "java" it uses the default version and not the one I have installed.

What could I do to change that?

Thanks in advance!

[penguin.ch]

Re: Path variable

What could I do to change that?

- Brave would be to replace the "original" binary with a ]
sudo cp /usr/bin/java /usr/bin/java.orig
sudo ln -s /mydir/jdk1.6.0/bin/java /usr/bin/java
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- Clever would be to create an alias (e.g. "myjava") to access the new one:

# to be added to </etc/bashrc> or the like
alias myjava='/mydir/jdk1.6.0/bin/java'

HTH
Birdy (aka littleDrHouse)

[esogos]

Re: Path variable

Thanks! I chose to be brave

One last thing, as root I added some directories to the path variable, but when I switched to a simple user it was as if the path was not updated there, too. Does each user have his own PATH, or is it something else?

[Fenyx]

Re: Path variable

Another option is this command:

sudo update-alternatives --config java

[penguin.ch]

Re: Path variable

Thanks! I chose to be brave

One down, nine to go :P

Does each user have his own PATH, or is it something else?

"Yes" to both questions there is a user-specific "lower level" (e.g. ~/.bashrc) as well as a system-wide "higher level" (e.g. /etc/bashrc) - in which (surprise, surprise ...) only from the latter one you will be able to take influence on what all user (incl. root) are going to experience - further reading.

HTH
Birdy

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Postscript: reference updated