[Laszlo-user] Stuck at what ought to be an easy install step (JAVA_HOME)

[Henry Minsky]

Hmm, when you installed it, did it put  an executable named "java" in
your  default path? If so, the parent directory of that would probably
be a good guess.



On 11/6/07, Amanda B Hickman <amanda+gmane at gothamgazette.com> wrote:
> I'm trying to just get 4.0.6 installed locally on an Ubuntu box and the
> instructions about $JAVA_HOME are bewildering me.
>
> I used aptitude to install java7-jdk:
>
> http://packages.ubuntu.com/gutsy/devel/icedtea-java7-jdk
>
> not sure if that was the right first step, but I don't have anything
> that looks suitable for JAVA_HOME in /usr/lib and I'm afraid I'm being a
> bit dense.
>
> Any insights on what JAVA_HOME is likely to be on an Ubuntu system?
> Debian? I'm sure this won't be my last question ...
>
> thanks,
> Amanda
>
>


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Henry Minsky
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