IMO this it's no big deal to give control to the user to do this. We were
working with .Net devs a while back and they had no problem setting up
everything. They're knew Windows + .Net pretty well.
-Chintana
On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 11:20 AM, Tharindu Mathew <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm a .net guy who tries to start the wso2 server... and I'm told to set
> this JAVA_HOME... My first impression... this will not be as easy as the
> .net stuff I'm used to... Next, I'll go google this up and take about
> another half an hour to get this done.
>
> I'm working with a bunch of .net folks here and no one is complaining...
> but they are struggling to get the server to started...
>
> Something we need to fix? Maybe not, but it sure got me thinking...
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 10:55 AM, Thilina Buddhika <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> Most of the tools/servers like Maven, Ant, Tomcat, Apache DS requires
>> users to set JAVA_HOME in advance which is kind of an standard approach.
>> This is the case for most of the other proprietary app servers, etc.
>>
>> Some other tools, ask users to point to the JRE installation directory
>> during their installation or it picks up the JRE installation and ask users
>> to verify it.
>>
>> [ There can be other tools who will detect Java installation by checking
>> the PATH variable or some other means. ]
>>
>> Because we do not provide any sophisticated UI based installer, our
>> current approach should be fine IMO, given that we have clearly documented
>> what needs to be done.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Thilina
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 10:41 AM, Vijitha Kumara <[email protected]>wrote:
>>
>>> > Usually in Windows when you install Java, the java binary becomes
>>> readily accessible from the command prompt.
>>>
>>> Installer adds an entry to ../bin to the PATH, AFAIR... But Tomcat etc..
>>> need JAVA_HOME to be available, not sure this has changed recently with the
>>> windows installers though.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 10:18 AM, Hiranya Jayathilaka
>>> <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>
>>>> We use JAVA_HOME to locate the java binary in a reliable manner
>>>> (JAVA_HOME/bin). I guess in Windows, there are other ways to locate it.
>>>> Usually in Windows when you install Java, the java binary becomes readily
>>>> accessible from the command prompt.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Hiranya
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 10:14 AM, Vijitha Kumara <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> > Other programs seem to detect where it is...?
>>>>>
>>>>> Perhaps looking at a standard location "C:/Program Files/Java..." ?
>>>>> But cannot guarantee I guess.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 10:11 AM, Thilina Buddhika
>>>>> <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> If the JAVA_HOME environment variable is set in Windows(similar to
>>>>>> Linux), then nothing additional is required to be done.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It is pretty much similar to Linux.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> Thilina
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 10:00 AM, Tharindu Mathew <[email protected]
>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Other programs seem to detect where it is... can we do the same?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It's seems unnatural for a windows user to do this....
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Tharindu
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> blog: http://mackiemathew.com/
>>>>>>> M: +94777759908
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>> Associate Technical Lead
>>>>>> WSO2 Inc. ; http://wso2.com
>>>>>> lean . enterprise . middleware
>>>>>>
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>>>>> email: [email protected]
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>>>
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>>
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>
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Tharindu
>
> blog: http://mackiemathew.com/
> M: +94777759908
>
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