Installing JAVA SDK?????

[R0N1N]

Hi guys, got a bit of a prob you guys most probably will be able to help me with.

Im using CentOS 4.3. For those that might not know, CentOS is a free Redhat Enterprise 4 Clone, so all you Redhat guru's out there should know a solution

Im trying to set up a Compiere CRM with the Oracle 10g Database at the moment.

I successfully installed Oracle no probs (I think) and when I try to run the compiere installer (RUN_setup.sh) it comes back asking me to set the JAVA_HOME variable.

I have found tutorials for this but all explain how to install JAVA SDK, but not how to set up the variables.

Ok, I installed the j2sdk-1_4.2_11-linux-i586.bin file into my /usr/java folder. That seemed to go OK. Now Compiere says that I need to install the SDK as well as the Runtime. I "yum install java" to et the runtime.

Now how on earth do I set up the variables such as "JAVA_HOME, CLASSPATH, and PATH"? I thought I had to edit the /etc/profile file but once I did that I couldnt boot into Gnome.

If someone could walk me through it I would be very gratefull.

Also, do I need to install j2ee (Enterprise Ed) as well as the standard SDK? If so, once again, how?

[R0N1N]

Ok, I did find these three commands that set the home when entered into the xterminal

export JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/j2sdk1.4.2_11
export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
export CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH:

But the second I reboot the server it goes back to its default.

[birdman]

If you put those commands into your ~/.bash_profile or your /etc/profile they should be available from your bash shell.

Make sure you don't effect anything else going on in the /etc/profile if you do place them there. You need to read through it to check. The other thing to check for is if GNOME is relying on a file which has the same name as a file in the folder you have added to your PATH. Not sure why else it would break.

J2EE requires a J2EE server such as JBoss or Weblogic. These offer implementations for using the J2EE APIs. You may be able to compile without them but you will definitely need a server to use the APIs.

Regards