Adding java to PATH
 

Firstly, I am running Mandrake 8 and am rather new to Linux, after some time I have got Lime Wire to run but only by running <$/usr/java/jre1.3.1/bin/java -cp . RunLime>. I assume this is because java is not in my path, if it was I could just use <$sh runlime.sh>. So how do I add java to my path exacly? My .bash_profile file has no line for $PATH.... Is their a way I can run an <export $PATH=PATH*> to add it to my path? Thnx for any help

I had the same deal with Mandrake Linux 8.0, but I never bothered to ask. Can anyone out there explain for us?

i need hlp with this to. is any body gona post??

Dag blast it! Somebody must know how this is done!

Thanks, Sherrie! We all appreciate your post!
I'm finally getting it to work now. :-)

Just to add: good practice is to create a file /etc/profile.local which contains in one line the path settings for all users:

PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin:/usr/lib/jre/bin

(Better not to edit /etc/profile, this change gets overwritten easily, esp. when using SuSE)