> From: Varuna Seneviratna <varunasenevira...@gmail.com> > To: Tomcat Users List <users@tomcat.apache.org>; david.sm...@cornell.edu > Cc: > Sent: Tuesday, May 3, 2011 10:48 AM > Subject: Re: What is JAVA_HOME? > > On 3 May 2011 23:16, David Smith <david.sm...@cornell.edu> wrote: >> Depends on your OS and how you start tomcat (startup script or as a >> service). >> >> --David >> >> On 5/3/2011 1:43 PM, Varuna Seneviratna wrote: >>> On 3 May 2011 22:21, Caldarale, Charles R > <chuck.caldar...@unisys.com> wrote: >>>>> From: Varuna Seneviratna [mailto:varunasenevira...@gmail.com] >>>>> Subject: What is JAVA_HOME? >>>>> What is the use of the Java Home directory to Tomcat.What are > the >>>>> files of the Java installation that Tomcat uses?I am asking > this to >>>>> determine the set of files and their Home directory which > should be >>>>> set as JAVA_HOME >>>> Read the doc. To quote from RUNNING.txt: >>>> >>>> (1) Download and Install the Java SE Runtime Environment (JRE) >>>> >>>> (1.1) Download the Java SE Runtime Environment (JRE), >>>> release version 6.0 or later, from >>>> > http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html >>>> >>>> (1.2) Install the JRE according to the instructions included with > the >>>> release. >>>> >>>> (1.3) Set an environment variable named JRE_HOME to the pathname of >>>> the directory into which you installed the JRE, e.g. > c:\jre6.0 >>>> or /usr/local/java/jre6.0. >>>> >>>> NOTE: You may also use the full JDK rather than just the JRE. In > this >>>> case set your JAVA_HOME environment variable to the pathname > of >>>> the directory into which you installed the JDK, e.g. > c:\jdk6.0 >>>> or /usr/local/java/jdk6.0. >>>> >>>> - Chuck >>>> >>>> >>>> THIS COMMUNICATION MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR OTHERWISE > PROPRIETARY MATERIAL and is thus for use only by the intended recipient. If > you > received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the e-mail and > its > attachments from all computers. >>>> >>>> >>> How to set environment variables permanently.Without having to set >>> each time it is needed to be used. >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org >>> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org >> >> > I am using Fedora 14 at the time if that is so what is the way to do it? > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org >
One way to do this globally for Fedora 14 is to create a custom.sh file in /etc/profile.d. Place the values in there. For example: JAVA_HOME=<where you installed the JDK> JRE_HOME=<where you installed the JRE> export JAVA_HOME JRE_HOME This suggestion is taken from the comments in /etc/profile. just my two cents . . . /mde/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
