https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/etc-profile/m-p/3164066#M9116 you edit /etc/profile<BR /><BR />you add, in the order, wherever you want. <BR />export JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/java<BR />PATH=$PATH:$JAVA_HOME/bin<BR /><BR />Try to be consistent with the rest of the file though...<BR /><BR />And then, at the prompt<BR /><BR /># source /etc/profile<BR /><BR />or you logout/login to set the env variables... Wed, 14 Jan 2004 08:21:31 GMT Olivier Drouin 2004-01-14T08:21:31Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/etc-profile/m-p/3164065#M9115 I've never really dealt with /etc/profile much and i'm asked in some install notes to set an environment variable for JAVA_HOME. Here is the exact wording:<BR /><BR />vi /etc/profile #Add<BR />export JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/java<BR />PATH=$PATH:$JAVA_HOME/bin<BR />source /etc/profile<BR /><BR />My question is, where exactly in /etc/profile do I put this in? right below or above the "export" line or what? Thanks all....<BR /><BR />Kyle Wed, 14 Jan 2004 08:04:32 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/etc-profile/m-p/3164065#M9115 Kyle D. Harris 2004-01-14T08:04:32Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/etc-profile/m-p/3164066#M9116 you edit /etc/profile<BR /><BR />you add, in the order, wherever you want. <BR />export JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/java<BR />PATH=$PATH:$JAVA_HOME/bin<BR /><BR />Try to be consistent with the rest of the file though...<BR /><BR />And then, at the prompt<BR /><BR /># source /etc/profile<BR /><BR />or you logout/login to set the env variables... Wed, 14 Jan 2004 08:21:31 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/etc-profile/m-p/3164066#M9116 Olivier Drouin 2004-01-14T08:21:31Z