Tag: Path

  • Create a Java path entry for all users

    I install Java on all my machines and used to add the java path and home variables to the user (or my user) bash profile but every time I added another user this is a manual step.

    Until I found this small trick. Add a system wide profile path setting by creating a file in:

    /etc/profile.d/filename

    All files in profile.d are added to every users login. Much cleaner than adding it to every user’s profile.

    This is the contents of my file:

    /etc/profile.d/java-path.sh

    export JAVA_HOME="/opt/java"
    export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH

    These variables are set next time you log in with any user on that system.