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How do I set a user environment variable? (permanently, not session)

I use Suse. First was installed jdk7, so JAVA_HOME remains like:

/usr/java/jdk1.7.0_05/

After I have deinstalled and installed jdk6, but cannot figure out how to change JAVA_HOME. .bashrc and .profile don't contain anything about JAVA_HOME. Does exist another file? Thanks.

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yes, it is, I forgot about profile in my home directory. thanks. Please answer I will close the question – user710818 Jul 1 '12 at 6:47

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Set environment variables in ~/.profile, e.g. by adding these lines:

JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/jdk1.7.0_05
export JAVA_HOME
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I don't know Suse, but wouldn't it be better to define this in the system profile? JAVA_HOME is defined in /etc/profile on my Solaris server (a system with many accounts). – BellevueBob Jul 1 '12 at 20:44
@BobDuell Yes, you are right. If the java install was intended for all users system-wide, then /etc/profile would be the more appropriate place. – jw013 Jul 1 '12 at 20:57
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Add export JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/latest to /etc/profile.local.

That way it will be set for all users and will be independent of the release or patch-number. /usr/java/latest is a link to the latest installed version and exists since JDK/JRE 1.6

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