How to Setup Your Java_Home Path in Ubuntu

Steps

1. 1
   Launch the Terminal and sudo su to root.
   
   
   
   
2. 2
   Identify where is Java installed on your Ubuntu Machine by typing
   
   which java.

1. 3
   Now to set the JAVA_HOME globally, we edit the bash.bashrc file.

1. 4
   At the end of the file type the following, one line at a time.

1. 5
   Line 1. JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun .
   
   
2. 6
   Line 2. export JAVA_HOME

1. 7
   Line 3. PATH=$PATH:$JAVA_HOME

1. 8
   Line 4. export PATH
   .
2. 9
   Close the Terminal and re-open it and issue the command

   echo $JAVA_HOME

   . You should get the new path.
   
   
3. 10
   Type java -version , to see the version of Java installed.
   
   
   
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