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Registered: 2008-03-29

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Eclipse can't find the path to JVM

I tried running Eclipse and got an error that said that it looked for Java in /usr/share/eclipse/jre/bin/java and couldn't find it, so it can't run.

I'm pretty sure both the JVM and JDK are installed, although running 'java' and 'javac' result in "bash: java/javac: command not found".

Thanks.

peart

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From: Kanuckistan

Registered: 2003-07-28

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Re: Eclipse can't find the path to JVM

Do you have the files /etc/profile.d/{jre,jdk}.sh?  Do they get sourced when you log in?  They should.  They are the ones that set up the various paths required to run java.  I'd also have a look at /etc/profile.  It should contain this part, that sources all files in /etc/profile.d:

# Load profiles from /etc/profile.d
if test -d /etc/profile.d/; then
    for profile in /etc/profile.d/*.sh; do
        test -x $profile && . $profile
    done
    unset profile
fi

hasse

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From: Vejle, Denmark

Registered: 2008-04-02

Posts: 23

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Re: Eclipse can't find the path to JVM

export PATH=$PATH:/opt/java/bin:/opt/java/jre/bin

check the paths exists

export JAVA_HOME=/opt/java/jre

that helped me

/Hasse

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Registered: 2008-03-29

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Re: Eclipse can't find the path to JVM

Thanks, the export PATH worked.