Last updated on Sept. 13, 2022, 5:20 a.m. by tushar
Steps to follow setting Java variables in Linux:
export JAVA_HOME=path
to JDK.
export JAVA_HOME="/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.8.0-openjdk-amd64"
[Make sure there is no space before and after '=', else you will get error.]
Set PATH using the syntax
export PATH=${PATH}:path
to the JDK bin.
For example,
export PATH=${PATH}:/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.8.0-openjdk-amd64/bin
echo $JAVA_HOME
echo $PATH
The JAVA_HOME and PATH variables you set must appear in the output.