ok, this definitely falls in the n00b category... I'm trying to upgrade Java on my server and just need to update the PATH, CLASSPATH, and JAVA_HOME environment variables.
This is what they currently are:
PATH=/usr/local/jdk1.5.0_15//bin:/usr/kerberos/sbin:/usr/kerberos/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/java/bin:/usr/local/ant/bin:/root/bin
JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/jdk1.5.0_15/
CLASSPATH=/usr/local/jdk1.5.0_15//jre/lib
This is my java install directories under /usr/local:
4 drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 4096 Sep 19 2008 jdk1.5.0_15
4 drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 4096 Sep 23 2008 jdk1.6.0_07
0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Sep 23 2008 java -> jdk1.6.0_07
And this is the java that is being used:
[root@dev local]# which java
/usr/local/jdk1.5.0_15/bin/java
I looked at my /etc/bashrc and it is calling /etc/profile.d/java.sh, which looks like this:
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/java
export ANT_HOME=/usr/local/ant
export PATH=$PATH:$JAVA_HOME/bin:$ANT_HOME/bin
What's confusing me is that I can see that the java.sh is indeed running but things aren't working out properly.
1) I can see the java.sh appends the last 2 entries of the PATH shown above. But the first entry in the path goes to the jdk1.5 with a double //bin.
2) JAVA_HOME does not point to /usr/local/java but to /usr/local/jdk1.5.0_15/
I looked at my /etc/bashrc and it is calling /etc/profile.d/java.sh, which looks like this:
Im going to assume that by 'calling' you mean that the entry in bashrc looks like this:
Code:
/etc/profile.d/java.sh
If that is the case, then you need to source the java.sh rather than executing it:
Code:
. /etc/profile.d/java.sh
That's a leading dot then a space.
When you export a variable in a script, it is placed into the environment, but is 'visible' only to that script and any processes that the script invokes. Environment variables don't/cannot perk back up to the parent process. If you are indeed invoking java.sh this is what is happening.
By sourcing the file, you are executing the commands in java.sh as though they existed in the current file, .bashrc in this case. This has the effect of setting the environment variables for the current shell as you desire.
ok, here's the contents of my bashrc. It's a little long. The part where it references the java.sh, or actually ./profile.d/*.sh is at the bottom:
Code:
# /etc/bashrc
# System wide functions and aliases
# Environment stuff goes in /etc/profile
# By default, we want this to get set.
# Even for non-interactive, non-login shells.
if [ $UID -gt 99 ] && [ "`id -gn`" = "`id -un`" ]; then
umask 002
else
umask 022
fi
# are we an interactive shell?
if [ "$PS1" ]; then
case $TERM in
xterm*)
if [ -e /etc/sysconfig/bash-prompt-xterm ]; then
PROMPT_COMMAND=/etc/sysconfig/bash-prompt-xterm
else
PROMPT_COMMAND='echo -ne "\033]0;${USER}@${HOSTNAME%%.*}:${PWD/#$HOME/~}"; echo -ne "\007"'
fi
;;
screen)
if [ -e /etc/sysconfig/bash-prompt-screen ]; then
PROMPT_COMMAND=/etc/sysconfig/bash-prompt-screen
else
PROMPT_COMMAND='echo -ne "\033_${USER}@${HOSTNAME%%.*}:${PWD/#$HOME/~}"; echo -ne "\033\\"'
fi
;;
*)
[ -e /etc/sysconfig/bash-prompt-default ] && PROMPT_COMMAND=/etc/sysconfig/bash-prompt-default
;;
esac
# Turn on checkwinsize
shopt -s checkwinsize
[ "$PS1" = "\\s-\\v\\\$ " ] && PS1="[\u@\h \W]\\$ "
fi
if ! shopt -q login_shell ; then # We're not a login shell
# Need to redefine pathmunge, it get's undefined at the end of /etc/profile
pathmunge () {
if ! echo $PATH | /bin/egrep -q "(^|:)$1($|:)" ; then
if [ "$2" = "after" ] ; then
PATH=$PATH:$1
else
PATH=$1:$PATH
fi
fi
}
for i in /etc/profile.d/*.sh; do
if [ -r "$i" ]; then
. $i
fi
done
unset i
unset pathmunge
fi
# vim:ts=4:sw=4
The commands are being source, but only if the shell is not a login (interactive) shell.
Code:
if ! shopt -q login_shell ; then # We're not a login shell
# Need to redefine pathmunge, it get's undefined at the end of /etc/profile
pathmunge () {
if ! echo $PATH | /bin/egrep -q "(^|:)$1($|:)" ; then
if [ "$2" = "after" ] ; then
PATH=$PATH:$1
else
PATH=$1:$PATH
fi
fi
}
for i in /etc/profile.d/*.sh; do
if [ -r "$i" ]; then
. $i
fi
done
unset i
unset pathmunge
fi
If you don't have a .profile or .bash_profile in your home directory, create one and add the single line to source the file. If you do have one, most do, edit it to add the command:
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