I have an Amazon EC2 t3.medium instance on Linux.
I am trying to run Apache ni-fi on this instance and I need java.
When I check the JAVA_HOME default:
$ echo$JAVA_HOME
-bash: echo/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.261-2.6.22.2.amzn2.0.2.x86_64: No such file or directory
Then, I downloaded java 1.8 by the following comamnds on terminal:
$ sudo yum install java-1.8.0-openjdk.x86_64
$ sudo update-alternatives --config java
(I selected 2 for java 1.8)
To find the location of my java file, I run them:
$ file $(which java)
/usr/bin/java: symbolic link to `/etc/alternatives/java'
$ file /etc/alternatives/java
/etc/alternatives/java: symbolic link to `/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.8.0-openjdk-1.8.0.312.b07-1.amzn2.0.2.x86_64/jre/bin/java'
$ file /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.8.0-openjdk-1.8.0.312.b07-1.amzn2.0.2.x86_64/jre/bin/java
/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.8.0-openjdk-1.8.0.312.b07-1.amzn2.0.2.x86_64/jre/bin/java: ELF 64-bit LSB shared object, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 3.2.0, BuildID[sha1]=1b1c0fd721197a04f9bfc9b0891f1bd83a5f49d5, not stripped
I guess it is working properly. Then, I change JAVA_HOME from 1.7 to 1.8 by writing these commands on terminal for both ec2-user and root:
[root#ip-178-32-11-247 ~]# export JAVA_HOME="/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.8.0-openjdk-1.8.0.312.b07-1.amzn2.0.2.x86_64"
[root#ip-178-32-11-247 ~]# PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
In advance, I have setup nifi on root. And in nifi-1.16.0 directory, I am trying to run this command:
[root#ip-178-32-11-247 nifi-1.16.0]# bin/nifi.sh start
The Error message is:
Java home: /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.8.0-openjdk-1.8.0.312.b07-1.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
NiFi home: /root/nifi-1.16.0
Bootstrap Config File: /root/nifi-1.16.0/conf/bootstrap.conf
bin/nifi.sh: line 401: /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.8.0-openjdk-1.8.0.312.b07-1.amzn2.0.2.x86_64/bin/java: No such file or directory
I thought that java is working but JAVA_HOME couldn't setup properly but I couldn't solve that. What should I do at that point to solve the problem and start nifi?
I will be appreciated very much if you can help, I coludn't start my term project because of this error :(
The correct path for JAVA_HOME should be /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.8.0-openjdk-1.8.0.312.b07-1.amzn2.0.2.x86_64/jre/bin/java
export JAVA_HOME="/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.8.0-openjdk-1.8.0.312.b07-1.amzn2.0.2.x86_64/jre/bin/java"
But probably you don't need to export JAVA_HOME anyway. You should have a link in /usr/bin/. You can check this by doing the following:
[ssm-user#ip-172-31-85-243 bin]$ which java
/usr/bin/java
By default Apache Nifi is using the executable /usr/bin/java, so you don't need to export JAVA_HOME.
I just installed JDK in Ubuntu with sudo apt-get install openjdk-6-jdk command,
after the installation where's the Java bin directory located? And how can I set the environment path for that directory? I have little experience with Ubuntu, can anyone give some advice or suggest any good website for reference?
set environment variables as follows
Edit the system Path file /etc/profile
sudo gedit /etc/profile
Add following lines in end
JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.7.0
PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin:$JAVA_HOME/bin
export JAVA_HOME
export JRE_HOME
export PATH
Then Log out and Log in ubuntu for setting up the paths...
Java is typically installed in /usr/java
locate the version you have and then do the following:
Assuming you are using bash (if you are just starting off, i recommend bash over other shells) you can simply type in bash to start it.
Edit your ~/.bashrc file and add the paths as follows:
for eg. vi ~/.bashrc
insert following lines:
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/<your version of java>
export PATH=${PATH}:${JAVA_HOME}/bin
after you save the changes, exit and restart your bash or just type in bash to start a new shell
Type in export to ensure paths are right.
Type in java -version to ensure Java is accessible.
Ubuntu installs openjdk6 to /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk path. So you will have the bin in /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/bin. Usually the classpath is automatically set for the java & related executables.
To Set JAVA_HOME / PATH for a single user, Login to your account and open .bash_profile file
$ vi ~/.bash_profile
Set JAVA_HOME as follows using syntax export JAVA_HOME=<path-to-java>. If your path is set to /usr/java/jdk1.5.0_07/bin/java, set it as follows:
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/jdk1.5.0_07/bin/java
Set PATH as follows:
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/java/jdk1.5.0_07/bin
Feel free to replace /usr/java/jdk1.5.0_07 as per your setup. Save and close the file. Just logout and login back to see new changes. Alternatively, type the following command to activate the new path settings immediately:
$ source ~/.bash_profile
OR
$ . ~/.bash_profile
Verify new settings:
$ echo $JAVA_HOME
$ echo $PATH
Tip: Use the following command to find out exact path to which java executable under UNIX / Linux:
$ which java
Please note that the file ~/.bashrc is similar, with the exception that ~/.bash_profile runs only for Bash login shells and .bashrc runs for every new Bash shell.
To Set JAVA_HOME / PATH for all user, You need to setup global config in /etc/profile OR /etc/bash.bashrc file for all users:
# vi /etc/profile
Next setup PATH / JAVA_PATH variables as follows:
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/java/jdk1.5.0_07/bin
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/java/jdk1.5.0_07/bin
Save and close the file. Once again you need to type the following command to activate the path settings immediately:
# source /etc/profile
OR
# . /etc/profile
You need to set the $JAVA_HOME variable.
In my case while setting up Maven, I had to set it up to where JDK is installed.
First find out where JAVA is installed:
$ whereis java
java: /usr/bin/java /usr/share/java /usr/share/man/man1/java.1.gz
Now dig deeper:
$ ls -l /usr/bin/java
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 46 Aug 25 2018 /etc/alternatives/java -> /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/java
Dig deeper:
$ ls -l /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/java
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 6464 Mar 14 18:28 /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/java
As it is not being referenced to any other directory, we'll use this.
Open /etc/environment using nano:
$ sudo nano /etc/environment
Append the following lines
JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.8.0-openjdk-amd64
export JAVA_HOME
Reload PATH using:
$. /etc/environment
Now:
$ echo $JAVA_HOME
Here is your output:
/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.8.0-openjdk-amd64
Sources I referred to:
https://askubuntu.com/a/175519
https://stackoverflow.com/a/23427862/6297483
if you have intalled only openJDK, the you should update your links, because you can have some OpenJDK intallation.
sudo update-alternatives --config java
after this
$gedit ~/.bashrc
add the following line in the file
JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/YOUR_JAVA_VERSION
export PATH=$PATH:$JAVA_HOME/bin
export JAVA_HOME
you can get you java version with
java -version
Open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+t)
Type
sudo gedit .bashrc
Enter password of ubuntu user
Go to last line of the file
Type below code in new line
export JAVA_HOME=enter_java_path_here
export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
eg: export JAVA_HOME=/home/pranav/jdk1.8.0_131
export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
Save the file
Type
source ~/.bashrc
in terminal
Done
To set up system wide scope you need to use the
/etc/environment file sudo gedit /etc/environment
is the location where you can define any environment variable. It can be visible in the whole system scope. After variable is defined system need to be restarted.
EXAMPLE :
sudo gedit /etc/environment
Add like following :
PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games"
JAVA_HOME="/opt/jdk1.6.0_45/"
Here is the site you can find more : http://peesquare.com/blogs/environment-variable-setup-on-ubuntu/
How to install java packages:
Install desired java version / versions using official ubuntu packages, which are managed using alternatives:
sudo apt install -y openjdk-8-jdk
or/and other version:
sudo apt install -y openjdk-11-jdk
Above answers are correct only when you have only one version for all software on your machine, and you can skip using update-alternatives. So one can quickly hardcode it in .bashrc or some other place:
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.8.0-openjdk-amd64
but it's not healthy, as later on you may change the version.
Correct way to set JAVA_HOME (and optionally JAVA_SDK, JAVA_JRE )
The correct way (and mandatory when you have more than one), is to detect what update-alternative is pointing to, and always use update-alternatives to switch active version.
Here are the suggestions for both: only specific unix account or for all accounts (machine level).
1. for a specific unix account only:
Use this if you don't have permissions to do it at machine level.
cat <<'EOF' >>~/.bashrc
export JAVA_HOME=$(update-alternatives --query java | grep Value | cut -d" " -f2 | sed 's!\(\/.*\)jre\(.*\)!\1!g')
export JDK_HOME=${JAVA_HOME}
export JRE_HOME=${JDK_HOME}/jre/
EOF
2. To do it at machine level, and for all bourne shells, you need 2 steps:
2.a
cat <<'EOF' | sudo tee /etc/profile.d/java_home_env.sh >/dev/null
export JAVA_HOME=$(update-alternatives --query java | grep Value | cut -d" " -f2 | sed 's!\(\/.*\)jre\(.*\)!\1!g')
export JDK_HOME=${JAVA_HOME}
export JRE_HOME=${JDK_HOME}/jre/
EOF
As your shell might not be set as interactive by default, you may want to do this also:
2.b
cat <<'EOF' | sudo tee -a /etc/bash.bashrc >/dev/null
if [ -d /etc/profile.d ]; then
for i in /etc/profile.d/*.sh; do
if [ -r $i ]; then
. $i
fi
done
unset i
fi
EOF
PS: There should be no need to update the $PATH, as update-alternatives takes care of the link to /usr/bin/.
More on: https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/trusty/man8/update-alternatives.8.html
It should put java in your path, probably in /usr/bin/java. The easiest way to find it is to open a term and type which java.
Create/Open ~/.bashrc file $vim ~/.bashrc
Add JAVA_HOME and PATH as referring to your JDK path
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/<your version of java>
export PATH=${PATH}:${JAVA_HOME}/bin
Save file
Now type java -version it should display what you set in .bashrc file.
This will persist over sessions as well.
Example :
Update bashrc file to add JAVA_HOME
sudo nano ~/.bashrc
Add JAVA_HOME to bashrc file.
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/<your version of java>
export PATH=${PATH}:${JAVA_HOME}/bin
Ensure Java is accessible
java -version
In Case of Manual installation of JDK, If you got an error as shown below
Error occurred during initialization of VM
java/lang/NoClassDefFoundError: java/lang/Object
Execute the following command in your JAVA_HOME/lib directory:
unpack200 -r -v -l "" tools.pack tools.jar
Execute the following commands in your JAVA_HOME/jre/lib
../../bin/unpack200 rt.pack rt.jar
../../bin/unpack200 jsse.pack jsse.rar
../../bin/unpack200 charsets.pack charsets.jar
Ensure Java is accessible
java -version
I have a Linux Lite 3.8 (It bases on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS) and a path change in the following file (with root privileges) with restart has helped.
/etc/profile.d/jdk.sh
Step1:
sudo gedit ~/.bash_profile
Step2:
JAVA_HOME=/home/user/tool/jdk-8u201-linux-x64/jdk1.8.0_201
PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin:$JAVA_HOME/bin
export JAVA_HOME
export JRE_HOME
export PATH
Step3:
source ~/.bash_profile
Let me simplify:
download JDK from Oracle Website : Link
Extract it
Create a folder (jvm) in /usr/lib/ i.e /usr/lib/jvm
move the extracted folder from the jdk to /usr/lib/jvm/
*Note : use terminal, sudo, mv command i.e. sudo mv
Create a .sh file at /etc/profile.d/ eg: /etc/profile.d/myenvvar.sh
In the .sh file type
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.7.0
export PATH=$PATH:$JAVA_HOME/bin
*Note : use terminal, gedit and sudo eg: sudo gedit myenvvar.sh
Turn Off the Computer, after all these steps and Restart it
Open Terminal , and type
java -version
Check the output , then type
echo $JAVA_HOME
Once I've installed the openjdk version of the Java Development Kit on an Ubuntu machine, I use this procedure to create a JAVA_HOME environment variable that doesn't need to be changed after every version upgrade of the openjdk installation.
Firstly, I issue a command to discover the directory in which the java executables are located for this java installation.
echo $(readlink -e `which java` | xargs -0 dirname)
If I'm happy with the output from that, everything else can be derived from it.
Configuring the JAVA_HOME and PATH environment variables
Rather than adding more and more configurations to the ~/.bashrc file I've found it a cleaner practice to create a separate small file that ~/.bashrc can "include" when it runs.
Let's call that file ~/.java_env_vars (but you could name it whatever you wish).
Add an "include condition" to the ~/.bashrc file
Open ~/.bashrc in any text editor and these lines to the end of the file:
# include the java environment configuration file here (if it exists)
if [ -f "$HOME/.java_env_vars" ]; then
. $HOME/.java_env_vars
fi
Create the Java environment variable configuration file
Open any text editor, create the Java environment configuration file ~/.java_env_vars and add this content to it:
#1. set a java_bin variable to the directory containing the actual Java executables.
java_bin=$(readlink -e `which java` | xargs -0 dirname)
#2. append "$java_bin" to the PATH environment variable
export PATH=$PATH:"$java_bin"
#3. assign the directory of the current Java installation to the JAVA_HOME environment variable.
export JAVA_HOME=$(dirname "$java_bin")
NOTE: exporting the PATH and JAVA_HOME variables just ensures that they're always available wherever they're needed.
Source your ~/.bashrc file (so that the changes you made to it are reflected) using the following command:
source ~/.bashrc
Test the Java environment variable configuration
Open a new terminal console, and test the new Java environment variables by issuing this command:
echo "$PATH" && echo "$JAVA_HOME"
Output should be two lines, something like this:
/home/user/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin:/usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-amd64/bin
/usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-amd64
All you have to do now is to set the “JAVA_HOME” and “PATH” environment variables and then you are done. Enter the following commands to set your environment variables. Make sure that your environment variables point to a valid installation of JDK on your machine. For Ubuntu 18.04, the path is /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64
To check whether your JAVA_HOME path has been successfully saved, enter the following command to check.
echo $JAVA_HOME
Open file /etc/environment with a text editor
Add the line JAVA_HOME="[path to your java]"
Save and close then run source /etc/environment
Set java version from the list of installed. For see the list of the installed version run following command:
update-java-alternatives --list
Then set your java version according to the following command:
sudo update-java-alternatives --set /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.8.0-openjdk-amd64
open jdk once installed resides generally in your /usr/lib/java-6-openjdk
As usual you would need to set the JAVA_HOME, classpath and Path.
In ubuntu 11.04 there is a environment file available in /etc where you need to set all the three paths. And then you would need to restart your system for the changes to take effect..
Here is a site to help you around
http://aliolci.blogspot.com/2011/05/ubuntu-1104-set-new-environment.html
Once JDK installed set the JAVA_HOME in environment
sudo nano /etc/environment and add the line JAVA_HOME="/usr/lib/jvm/jdk-11.0.1/"
Add the configuration in .bashrc
sudo nano ~/.bashrc and add following lines
JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/jdk-11.0.11/
PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
refresh the new configuration with source ~/.bashrc
enter the command java -version and you can see the version installed on your machine
You can install the default Ubuntu(17.10) java from apt:
sudo apt install openjdk-8-jdk-headless
And it will set the PATH for you, if instead you need to install specific version of Java you can follow this YouTube
I installed java 11 in my Ubuntu 20.04. Setting up a JAVA_HOME for the same.
enter the this command to find out your ubuntu version --
swapnil#swapnil-vm:~$ lsb_release -d
Description: Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS
enter this command to find out the location of your jvm --
swapnil#swapnil-vm:~$ whereis jvm
jvm: /usr/lib/jvm
open .bashrc in any editor of your choice --
nano .bashrc
add the following lines --
## setting JAVA_HOME
JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-amd64
export JAVA_HOME
PATH=$PATH:$JAVA_HOME/bin
export PATH
now you are good to go!!
open a new terminal and enter the command --
ehco $JAVA_HOME
Use the following lines to set the path variables in the /etc/environment
echo export JAVA_HOME=/path/to/java | sudo tee -a /etc/environment
echo export JRE_HOME=/path/to/jre | sudo tee -a /etc/environment
It should work.
Note:
You should reboot the system for changes to take effect.
Installation of Oracle Java:
Download the tarball (.tar file) from Oracle website
unzip it by sudo tar -xvpzf fileName -C /installation_folder_name
change the files permission and ownership
add the following two lines in /etc/profile
export JAVA_HOME=/home/abu/Java/jdk1.8.0_45/
export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
restart the machine and check by java -version and javac -version
First, check whether env var exists or not
echo $JAVA_HOME
if an env var exists with that name then the above command will return the env var Path. if it's return nothing then copy the env path first then execute below command. such as my java env path is /usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-amd64
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-amd64
I am not familiar with batch script, but I want to create a Windows Batch File to start a Java program. The problem is that it has to specific the path where JRE is installed. When you install both JRE7 and JRE8, the name of that JRE8 folder would call something like jre1.8.0_20 or jre1.8.0_40 with the version number in the back. When you have only JRE8 installed, the folder would call jre8. Is there an easier way to find where the most updated JRE installed and then execute it? Thanks.
start ..\..\Java\jre7\bin\javaw.exe -Xms512M -Xmx1024M -Djna.library.path=.\lib -cp example.jar; com.example.main
You should be able to get the location of javaw.exe by executing where java. This can be set as a variable inside a batch file like this:
# sets a variable called 'java' to the location of javaw.exe
for /f "delims=" %a in ('where javaw') do #set java=%a
# execute you jar file
%java% -jar <app.jar>
Noticed that the above only seems to work when running directly from the command line. Here is another example that should work in a batch file:
# run.bat
#echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
for /f %%a in ('where javaw') do (
set java=%%a
)
!java! -jar %1
The above batch file should be called with the name of the jar file:
run.bat app.jar
I think it's best to just user JAVA_HOME and/or JRE_HOME and let the user / sysadmin worry what's installed.
I am trying to install apache-tomcat-6.0.35 on Mac OS x 10.9, but I have this error in catalina.out when I run startup.sh :
/Library/Tomcat/Home/bin/catalina.sh: line 375: /Library/Java/Home/bin/java: No such file or directory
And thus, the server isn't launched.
Here is what I get in terminal (bash) :
myMac:bin administrator$ ./startup.sh
Using CATALINA_BASE: /Library/Tomcat/Home
Using CATALINA_HOME: /Library/Tomcat/Home
Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /Library/Tomcat/Home/temp
Using JRE_HOME: /Library/Java/Home
Using CLASSPATH: /Library/Tomcat/Home/bin/bootstrap.jar
Any advice?
It seems the issue is related to your JAVA_HOME environment variable. Check to see if it is correctly set. To verify, run
javac -version or which java
on the command line to see which version of java is set and is the correct one that should be used.
I had the same issue, and I've made it work under OS X 10.9, with Java 6 (1.6.0_37-b06-434).
As it was complaining about a wrong path in Java in the catalina.out, I changed all the paths to my JRM in setclasspath.sh :
Old path :
/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/Current
New path :
/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0_37-b06-434.jdk/Contents/Home
There were 3 places affected :
if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" -a -z "$JRE_HOME" ]; then
# Bugzilla 37284 (reviewed).
if $darwin; then
if [ -d "/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0_37-b06-434.jdk/Contents/Home" ]; then
export JAVA_HOME="/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0_37-b06-434.jdk/Contents/Home"
fi
[...]
# OSX hack to CLASSPATH
JIKESPATH=
if [ `uname -s` = "Darwin" ]; then
OSXHACK="/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0_37-b06-434.jdk/Contents/Home"
[...]
As you can see, the code already export JAVA_HOME, so no need to export it in .bash_profile here.
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I'm ssh'd into my server (Ubuntu 12.04) and no matter what I set for JAVA_HOME and JRE_HOME tomcat6 doesn't want to start:
me#myserver:/usr/lib/jvm/jdk-oracle.1.6.0_33$ echo $JAVA_HOME
/usr/lib/jvm/jdk-oracle.1.6.0_33/bin
me#myserver:/usr/lib/jvm/jdk-oracle.1.6.0_33$ echo $JRE_HOME
/usr/lib/jvm/jdk-oracle.1.6.0_33/jre
me#myserver:/usr/lib/jvm/jdk-oracle.1.6.0_33$ sudo service tomcat6 start
* no JDK found - please set JAVA_HOME
me#myserver:/usr/lib/jvm/jdk-oracle.1.6.0_33$ export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/jdk-oracle.1.6.0_33
me#myserver:/usr/lib/jvm/jdk-oracle.1.6.0_33$ sudo service tomcat6 start
* no JDK found - please set JAVA_HOME
me#myserver:/usr/lib/jvm/jdk-oracle.1.6.0_33$ ls $JAVA_HOME
bin db jre LICENSE README.html register_ja.html src.zip
COPYRIGHT include lib man register.html register_zh_CN.html THIRDPARTYLICENSEREADME.txt
me#myserver:/usr/lib/jvm/jdk-oracle.1.6.0_33$ ls $JAVA_HOME/bin
appletviewer HtmlConverter java javap jdb jps jstat native2ascii rmic serialver wsgen
apt idlj javac javaws jhat jrunscript jstatd orbd rmid servertool wsimport
ControlPanel jar javadoc jconsole jinfo jsadebugd jvisualvm pack200 rmiregistry tnameserv xjc
extcheck jarsigner javah jcontrol jmap jstack keytool policytool schemagen unpack200
I was looking at tomcat6's init.d script, and I found some custom logic that searches for openjdk. I don't want to use openjdk, I purposely installed oracle! Here's a snippit of the init.d script (which I didn't write):
# this is a work-around until there is a suitable runtime replacement
# for dpkg-architecture for arch:all packages
# this function sets the variable OPENJDKS
find_openjdks()
{
for jvmdir in /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-*
do
if [ -d "${jvmdir}" -a "${jvmdir}" != "/usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-common" ]
then
OPENJDKS=$jvmdir
fi
done
for jvmdir in /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk-*
do
if [ -d "${jvmdir}" -a "${jvmdir}" != "/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk-common" ]
then
OPENJDKS="${OPENJDKS} ${jvmdir}"
fi
done
}
# The first existing directory is used for JAVA_HOME (if JAVA_HOME is not
# defined in $DEFAULT)
OPENJDKS=""
find_openjdks
JDK_DIRS="/usr/lib/jvm/default-java ${OPENJDKS} /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun /usr/lib/j2sdk1.5-sun /usr/lib/j2sdk1.5-ibm"
# Look for the right JVM to use
for jdir in $JDK_DIRS; do
if [ -r "$jdir/bin/java" -a -z "${JAVA_HOME}" ]; then
JAVA_HOME="$jdir"
fi
done
export JAVA_HOME
I had to remove the openjdk from /usr/lib/jvm because stupid tomcat kept finding it and using it, even though my JAVA_HOME variable was set to use oracle's java.
Help please? I have no idea how to fix this. I'm using maven and maven works perfectly fine with the way i've set the JAVA_HOME variable.
Edit:
I opened the init.d tomcat script and changed this line:
JDK_DIRS="/usr/lib/jvm/default-java ${OPENJDKS} /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun /usr/lib/j2sdk1.5-sun /usr/lib/j2sdk1.5-ibm"
to this:
JDK_DIRS="/usr/lib/jvm/jdk-oracle.1.6.0_33 /usr/lib/jvm/default-java ${OPENJDKS} /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun /usr/lib/j2sdk1.5-sun /usr/lib/j2sdk1.5-ibm"
(I just added my path /usr/lib/jvm/jdk-oracle.1.6.0_33 to the string)
And suddenly tomcat booted and ran with my oracle java. I guess this works, but that can't have been the best way to do it.
Edit:
StephenC:
me#myserver:/usr/lib/jvm$ sudo bash
root#myserver:/usr/lib/jvm# echo $JAVA_HOME
/usr/lib/jvm/jdk-oracle.1.6.0_33
Try this:
sudo bash
echo $JAVA_HOME
I suspect that the problem is that your $JAVA_HOME environment variable is not being passed through sudo to the command it is running. The manual entry certainly implies that it won't be!! (Your experiment seems to imply otherwise, but I suspect that something else is confusing things ...)
I'm not sure what the best long-term fix for this, but the alternatives include:
Setting $JAVA_HOME in the catalina.sh script
Setting $JAVA_HOME in the tomcat init.d script
Some distros have a convention that all distro-provided service launch scripts pick up local config overrides from a file in /etc ...
Setting $JAVA_HOME in the shell RC file for the "tomcat" user (probably a bad idea)
Tweaking the sudoers config so that $JAVA_HOME is passed (definitely a bad idea!)
Using the "-E" option ...
IMO, it is a bad idea to rely on your $JAVA_HOME environment variable when launching a service. The chances are that you will forget and launch with the wrong JDK by mistake. Protect yourself.