Alexandre Boissy writes:
>
>
> Steve Byrne wrote:
>
> > David Buddrige writes:
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I have recently downloaded JDK 1.1.6 from
> > > ftp.progsoc.uts.edu.au/pub/Linux/java to run on my Redhat 5.1 system...
> > > I've un-tar'ed it into /usr/local/jdk1.1.6, and then added the following
> > > lines to my /etc/profile file....
> > >
> > > PATH="$PATH:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/jdk1.1.6/bin"
> > This is ok.
> >
> > > export JAVA_HOME="/usr/local/jdk1.1.6
> > Wrong.
> > > export CLASSPATH="/usr/local/jdk1.1.6/lib/classes.zip"
> > Nope.
> >
> > * You DO NOT need to set JAVA_HOME. Doing so can be bad for your health
> > * You only need to set CLASSPATH when you want it to contain something
> > other than '.' and the classes.zip (in your case, I think you didn't
> > need that, but it depends your hellow world's package structure
> > and what your current directory is).
> >
> > Try running again w/out the bad env var settings. Did you get the glibc
> > version of the JDK? That's the one that you want for RH 5.1.
> >
> > Steve
>
> I have the same problem than David, but I have also Hotjava on my system. And
> Hotjava needs JAVA_HOME ! What can I do ?
What makes you think HotJava needs JAVA_HOME? Look at the launching script. I
think you need to set JDK_HOME (or JRE_HOME) but not JAVA_HOME, but the script
is the final arbiter.
Steve
