<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'>Going all the way back, it seems that what you need to do in your current shell to get the variables is source the profile configuration script that your Java installer created.<br><br>maybe something like:<br># ./DEV_install_jdk1.7-1.0.0.sh<br># source /etc/profile.d/00_jdk.sh<span><br><br>Of course, you can say ". </span><span id="1db0e1d5-cb88-49a4-8e2f-e90f3b6109a8">/etc/profile.d/00_jdk.sh<span id="1db0e1d5-cb88-49a4-8e2f-e90f3b6109a8">" if you want to save characters.<br><br></span><span name="x"></span>--<br>David L. Willson<br>Trainer, Engineer, Enthusiast<br>RHCE Network+ A+ Linux+ LPIC-1 Ubuntu<br>Mobile 720-333-LANS(5267)<br><br>This is a good time for a r3VOLution.<span name="x"></span><br></span><br><hr id="zwchr"><blockquote style="border-left:2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255);margin-left:5px;padding-left:5px;color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><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="about:blank">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><br>_______________________________________________<br>clue mailing list: clue@cluedenver.org<br>For information, account preferences, or to unsubscribe see:<br>http://cluedenver.org/mailman/listinfo/clue</blockquote><br></div></body></html>