enviromental variable

PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin
PATH=$PATH:/$home/username/j2sdk1.4.1/bin

this is wat i have specified in my .bash_profile

but when i give javac in my console it is showing command not found.

help me wat to do..

Add this after those two lines:

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export PATH

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it is already present there.. still i dint get it...

export PATH
unset USERNAME

this is already there.. yet i dint... help me out..

PATH=$PATH:/$home/username/j2sdk1.4.1/bin

Typo? $HOME/$USERNAME
Needs to be all caps. Are you sure you need the username thing in there?

ya.. becoz i have installed the jdk in home/username thats y...

should it be $HOME/$USERNAME ????????????????????

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Originally Posted by kingvignesh

ya.. becoz i have installed the jdk in home/username thats y...

should it be $HOME/$USERNAME ????????????????????

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What is the actual directory pathname to the java bin directory?

On my system, /home/vls points into my personal directory; I have a bin directory that I put scripts and test programs in so : /home/vls/bin
If I did the java thing it would be /home/vls/j2sdkwhatever/bin