Java2 SDk

Question

I have downloaded j2sdk-1_4_1_05-windows-i586 but I can't run any java programs. I set up a folder and put the java file into that folder. But when I try to compile the java file on the command line I get a bad command error. Have I done something wrong.

Answer 1

You must update your PATH environment variable and add thomthing like
PATH=yo_old_path_value;c:\j2sdk1.4\bin
also, maybe, you need to set environment variable JAVA_HOME like
JAVA_HOME=c:\j2sdk1.4
if you are using not windows operating system you must edit your profile
to set PATH and JAVA_HOME environment variables in notation of OS
in Linux you must edit ~/.profile and append thomthing like:
PATH=$PATH:/path/to/jdk/bin/directory
JAVA_HOME=/path/to/jdk/home/directory
export PATH
export JAVA_HOME