Thanks to everyone for your help. The details in Marcin's response put me on the road to understanding what's going on, and everyone else's comments have added to my understanding of the big picture. I now have GeoServer running and the environment variable correctly defined. Thanks!
John On Tue, Jun 1, 2021 at 3:08 PM Tom Saul <t...@fatsheepfarm.com> wrote: > FOr the example you have provided the GEOSERVER_HOME would be set to > /usr/share/geoserver/geoserver-2.19.1-bin > > The shell command consists of two parts (each with no line breaks when > you type them) > > echo "export GEOSERVER_HOME=/usr/share/geoserver/geoserver-2.19.1-bin" > >> ~/.profile > > and then > > . ~/.profile > > > > On 6/1/2021 8:01 AM, John Joseph wrote: > > Hello, I'm installing Geoserver-2.19.1 (binary, platform independent) > > stable release on Ubuntu 20.04. I'm following the Geoserver > > documentation as best I can, but am running into trouble on setting the > > GEOSERVER_HOME environment variable. > > > > After following the documentation to download and extract zip files, I > > have the directories set up such that my startup.sh is located as shown: > > > > /usr/share/geoserver/geoserver-2.19.1-bin/bin/startup.sh > > > > Now Step 5 of the current on-line GeoServer documentation says to define > > the GEOSERVER_HOME environment variable by entering the command (which > > I've copied and pasted here): > > > > echo "export GEOSERVER_HOME=/usr/share/geoserver" >> ~/.profile > > . ~/.profile > > > > I assume this is all supposed to be entered as a single command line, as > > the instructions say to type it in, so I typed it in like this: > > > > echo "export GEOSERVER_HOME=/usr/share/geoserver" >> ~/.profile. > ~/.profile > > > > which did not work for me. Prior to that, I had entered (erroneously) > as two separate command lines (. ~/.profile as the 2nd command). But > either way when I try to do a subesequent step, > > > > cd geoserver/bin > > > > I get "No such file or directory". I actually got Geoserver to start > last night by using the commands "cd > /usr/share/geoserver/geoserver-2.19.1-bin/bin" and then "sh startup.sh", > but now even that won't work. > > > > Can someone tell me my error? I'm considering re-installing, but would > like to have a bit more insight before I do that. > > > > Your help would be much appreciated. > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Geoserver-users mailing list > > > > Please make sure you read the following two resources before posting to > this list: > > - Earning your support instead of buying it, but Ian Turton: > http://www.ianturton.com/talks/foss4g.html#/ > > - The GeoServer user list posting guidelines: > http://geoserver.org/comm/userlist-guidelines.html > > > > If you want to request a feature or an improvement, also see this: > https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/wiki/Successfully-requesting-and-integrating-new-features-and-improvements-in-GeoServer > > > > > > Geoserver-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-users > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Geoserver-users mailing list > > Please make sure you read the following two resources before posting to > this list: > - Earning your support instead of buying it, but Ian Turton: > http://www.ianturton.com/talks/foss4g.html#/ > - The GeoServer user list posting guidelines: > http://geoserver.org/comm/userlist-guidelines.html > > If you want to request a feature or an improvement, also see this: > https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/wiki/Successfully-requesting-and-integrating-new-features-and-improvements-in-GeoServer > > > Geoserver-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-users >
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