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On Wed, 9 Jun 2004 epilogue@allstream.net wrote:

> hello jan,
>
> > echo $JAVA_HOME
> JAVA_HOME: Undefined variable.
>
> hmmm.  i don't recall ever setting that variable.  yet, i do recall
> this not being an issue with previous installs of java.
>
> is JAVA_HOME a variable that is required? shouldn't the $PATH entry be
> sufficient?

Well, the path entry only suffices on my installation; I merely
hypothesised that an erroneous setting of that variable might be the
cause.

If I were you I'd take this to the freebsd-java list, there's more of a
concentration of expertise there :-)


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