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Linux: Setting JAVA_HOME for a single user and all users

Posted by walrus on July 21, 2008

Here is how to setup JAVA_HOME and PATH environment variables for a single user or all users on Fedora Linux system

Setting JAVA_HOME and PATH for a single user

# vi ~/.bash_profile
# export JAVA_HOME=/opt/jdkx.x.x_xx
# export PATH=$PATH:$JAVA_HOME/bin

Setting JAVA_HOME and PATH for all users

# vi /etc/profile
# export JAVA_HOME=/opt/jdkx.x.x_xx
# export PATH=$PATH:$JAVA_HOME/bin

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