How to set the JAVA_HOME variable in Mac OS X – Snow Leopard (via Decoding the Web)

Nice instructions. Most people probably won’t have to do this, but often developers use Java.

Recently I had to setup a Java app on my Mac, which was running from the Terminal, and needed the JAVA_HOME variable set. Here’s what had to be done: – Start the Terminal app. – Create/Edit ~/.bash_profile file. Note: I first tried creating and using the ~/.bashrc file, but that didn’t work (Mac OS 10.6.2), while ~/.bash_profile worked as expected. Therefore, $ vi ~/.bash_profile … and paste the following (make it a single line): export JAVA_HO … Read More

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