<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Courier New, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div>CLUE experts, </div><div><br>This puzzle is likely simple for you folks, but it has me stumped. I've done considerable digging but have found mixed advice. <br><br>I've created a script to download from a local repo via wget an rpm to install JDK ... no problem there. <br><br>Here's the part I can't get right ... setting the variables so I can run scripts to install Tomcat ... Any attempt will bomb if it can't find /usr/java/jdk1.7.0_21/bin <br><br><br># set JAVA_HOME variable ... tried in vain<br>echo "setting JAVA_HOME variable variable for the session" <br>JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/jdk1.7.0_21<br># export JAVA_HOME variable ... tried in vain<br>echo "exporting JAVA_HOME variable variable for the session" <br>export JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/jdk1.7.0_21<br>echo
"JAVA_HOME variable: $JAVA_HOME"<br><br># set PATH variable for the session ... tried in vain<br>echo "setting PATH variable for the session" <br>PATH=$PATH:/usr/java/jdk1.7.0_21/bin<br># export PATH variable for the session<br>echo "exporting PATH variable for the subsequent sessions & processes" <br>export PATH=$PATH:/usr/java/jdk1.7.0_21/bin<br>echo "show PATH variable: $PATH"<br><br>sleep 3 # wait<br><br># create script to set JAVA_HOME & PATH variables in /etc/profile.d/00_jdk.sh script for all accounts<br># use echo command with single quotes to write the literal statement to the script<br>touch /etc/profile.d/00_jdk.sh<br>echo '#!/bin/bash' >> /etc/profile.d/00_jdk.sh<br>echo '# set JAVA_HOME in /etc/profile.d/00_jdk.sh script for all accounts' >> /etc/profile.d/00_jdk.sh<br>echo 'JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/jdk1.7.0_21' >> /etc/profile.d/00_jdk.sh<br>echo '# set PATH in /etc/profile.d/00_jdk.sh
script for all accounts' >> /etc/profile.d/00_jdk.sh<br>echo 'PATH=$PATH:/usr/java/jdk1.7.0_21/bin' >> /etc/profile.d/00_jdk.sh <br><br>sleep 3 # wait<br><br>echo "review contents of /etc/profile.d/00_jdk.sh"<br>cat /etc/profile.d/00_jdk.sh<br><br><br>... results of install ... added some blank lines for readability ...<br><br>[root@87148-mondev01 ~]# ./DEV_install_jdk1.7-1.0.0.sh <br>installation: Oracle/Sun jdk 1.7 64-bit<br>remount /tmp with execute privledge<br>changed to /tmp<br>Pulling package from Artifactory Repo Management Server<br>--2013-06-24 13:24:38-- <a target="_blank" href="https://%3Crepohost%3E/artifactory/simple/ext-release-local/oracle/jdk/7u21-linux/jdk-7u21-linux-x64.rpm">https://<RepoHost>/artifactory/simple/ext-release-local/oracle/jdk/7u21-linux/jdk-7u21-linux-x64.rpm</a><br>Resolving <RepoHost>... 10.33.44.10<br>Connecting to <RepoHost>|10.33.44.10|:443...
connected.<br><br>HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK<br><br>Length: 85388149 (81M) [application/x-rpm]<br>Saving to: “jdk-7u21-linux-x64.rpm”<br><br>100%[=======================================================================================================================================>] 85,388,149 52.7M/s in 1.5s <br><br>2013-06-24 13:24:40 (52.7 MB/s) - “jdk-7u21-linux-x64.rpm” saved [85388149/85388149]<br><br>jdk downloaded<br>check /tmp/ contents for jdk<br>-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 85388149 Jun 6 16:46 jdk-7u21-linux-x64.rpm<br>install jdk rpm<br>Preparing... ########################################### [100%]<br>package jdk-2000:1.7.0_21-fcs.x86_64 is already installed ........ due to subsequent running of this script<br>install jdk complete<br><br>setting JAVA_HOME variable variable for the session<br>exporting
JAVA_HOME variable variable for the session<br><br>... when tested in the script, the correct answer shows up ... <br><br>JAVA_HOME variable: /usr/java/jdk1.7.0_21 <br><br>setting PATH variable for the session<br>exporting PATH variable for the subsequent sessions & processes<br><br>... when tested in the script, the correct answer shows up ... <br><br><br>show PATH variable: /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/root/bin:/usr/java/jdk1.7.0_21/bin:/usr/java/jdk1.7.0_21/bin<br><br>review contents of /etc/profile.d/00_jdk.sh<br>#!/bin/bash<br># set JAVA_HOME in /etc/profile.d/00_jdk.sh script for all accounts<br>JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/jdk1.7.0_21<br># set PATH in /etc/profile.d/00_jdk.sh script for all accounts<br>PATH=$PATH:/usr/java/jdk1.7.0_21/bin<br>remount /tmp removing execute privledge<br>finished<br><br><br>... after script runs, when tested from CLI, variables not not correct
... <br><br>[root@87148-mondev01 ~]# echo $JAVA_HOME<br><br>[root@87148-mondev01 ~]# echo $PATH<br>/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/root/bin<br><br><br><br>[root@87148-mondev01 ~]# exit<br>logout<br><br>[vwadmin@87148-mondev01 ~]$ su -<br>Password: <br><br><br>... now the variable additions show up ... they come from the /etc/profile.d/00_jdk.sh script created as part of the JDK download & install ... <br><br>[root@87148-mondev01 ~]# echo $PATH<br>/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/java/jdk1.7.0_21/bin:/root/bin<br><br>[root@87148-mondev01 ~]# echo $JAVA_HOME<br>/usr/java/jdk1.7.0_21<br><br><br><br>... How can I get the variables to be available for the current root session & usable for subsequent installations? Trying to avoid the logout / login ... <br><br><br><br>Thanks for your help. <br></div></div></body></html>