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I'm using Ubuntu 10.10 and downloaded jdk7 from java.sun.com. That jdk is a compressed file and on extraction there I got all the files and folders of jdk1.7.0.

But now if I tries to compile a java program than there is an error that javac not found.
How could I set PATH of jdk1.7.0\bin to use javac everywhere?

Mohammad Faisal
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A better way to install the Sun JDK is like so:

Use update-alternatives to do all the heavy lifting for you.

In any case, updating the PATH is a very basic command.

  • In the default bash shell:

    export PATH=$PATH:/your/path

  • For csh use:

    setenv PATH $PATH:/your/path

Edit: Note that this is indeed the instructions for installing Java 6 and not Java 7, which is still - as of now - not available in any official repository or ppa.

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Yuval A
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  1. Download the latest version of java from java.sun.com
  2. Extract the file in your home folder.

  3. Run the following commands in terminal

    sudo mkdir -p /usr/lib/java/

    sudo mv jdk1.7.0/ /usr/lib/java/

  4. Find the file profile in etc folder of FileSystem

  5. Edit in editor and write the line

    export PATH=/usr/lib/java/jdk1.7.0/bin:$PATH

  6. save it. You might need to restart your system to make these change.

You can check the current version using the following command javac -version

Mohammad Faisal
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easiest way:

sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:webupd8team/java

<p>sudo apt-get update</p>

<p>sudo apt-get install -y oracle-jdk7-installer</p>

I don't think you will need to bother setting the path after that.

Magpie
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JAVA CLASSPATH SETTING IN UBUNTU

sudo gedit etc/environment

enter your password

PATH=".:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games"

(already exist) just add below two lines (here i am using java6)

JAVA_HOME="/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk-i386"

CLASSPATH=".:/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk-i386/lib"

save that file and restart the system.

Arvind Gangwar
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