java in Linux question

[Paul Howarth]

On Mon, 2006-05-08 at 05:09 -0700, Michael A. Peters wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-05-08 at 03:53 -0700, M E Fieu wrote:
> > Hi.. I have installed java in the following folder /usr/java/jre1.5.0_06 in linux, may i know
> > whether i should create JAVA_HOME variable like windows do ??  If I want to add the following
> > entries 
> > 
> > JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/jre1.5.0_06
> > 
> > where should I add ??  /etc/profile ?  I added but it doesn't appear in ENV after I relogin 
> > 
> 
> I recommend using the jpackage nosrc.rpm to create Sun java rpms.
> 
> http://www.jpackage.org/rpm.php?id=3366
> http://www.jpackage.org/rebuilding.php

A detailed Fedora-specific HOWTO for this is available here:

http://www.city-fan.org/tips/JpackageJava

Paul.