Path Settings

[ss642001]

Hi I am a newbie and have been trying to learn linux with opensuse 10.3
I believe in trying to set my path for java i have lost my default path settings for opensuse 10.3. ( I was able to use shell commands till before the change in the setting the new path )
1. Can anybody be kind enough to post the original path setting which come withlinux
2. and also how i can add additional paths in future so that i donot have to visit this page again.
Thaking u all in advance

[devils casper]

Hi and Welcome !

I believe in trying to set my path for java i have lost my default path settings for opensuse 10.3.

Which file did you edit? Whats the output of this:

echo $PATH

?

[ss642001]

I have rebooted and all appears to be fine
Searching the net for making additions to path file

ECHO $path
gives the blank line

What i had done was give this comand
Actually i had been trying to set up an applications with postgres and java and had given a lots of shell command
do not know which ones created the problem
i will get back upon getting the problem again
now the path settings
how do i add more paths without altering any setting

Thanks again in advance for the quick response.

[devils casper]

PATH=$PATH:add_new_path_here

If it works fine, open .bashrc file and set new path.

nano ~/.bashrc

[rcgreen]

ECHO $path
gives the blank line

should be $PATH in capital letters

[ss642001]

opt/kde3/bin:/home/ss642001/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/games:/usr/lib/mit/bin:/usr/lib/mit/sbin


this is the path setting for echo $PATH command

thanks guys

[ss642001]

The nano command does not work it give I had copied and pasted it
bash: nano: command not found
i am using opensuse 10.3
is theer any other editing tool for this file
thanks again

[devils casper]

You can use any GUI Text Editor like Gedit, kate or command line text editor like vi, pico.
Press Alt+F2 and type this

gedit ~/.bashrc

[ss642001]

after gedit i get w new window
i should just paste
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/jdk1.5.0_15/
export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH

and it will set path automatically for java each time it boots
is this the corrcet procedure

thanks for the quick response

[devils casper]

Thats correct !
Put PATH before $JAVA_HOME.

export PATH=$PATH:$JAVA_HOME/bin