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Vinoth Kumar Subramanian
Vinoth Kumar Subramanian

Reputation: 349

Permanently Setting JAVA_HOME environment variable on mac

Executing below two commands on mac Terminal which set environment variable, which is vanished on close of Terminal, any help would be appreciated 

Step 1:- echo "export JAVA_HOME=`/usr/libexec/java_home`" >> ~/.profile 
Step 2:- . ~/.profile

Initial Terminal output 

karthiks-MacBook-Air:~ karthicklove$ echo "export JAVA_HOME=`/usr/libexec/java_home`" >> ~/.profile

karthiks-MacBook-Air:~ karthicklove$ . ~/.profile

karthiks-MacBook-Air:~ karthicklove$ echo $JAVA_HOME
/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_71.jdk/Contents/Home

Terminal output after closing and reopen again

karthiks-MacBook-Air:~ karthicklove$ echo $JAVA_HOME

karthiks-MacBook-Air:~ karthicklove$

Upvotes: 2

Views: 3265

Answers (1)

djames
djames

Reputation: 366

Create a file called .bash_profile in your home directory and add the JAVA_HOME variable in it.

export JAVA_HOME=`/usr/libexec/java_home`

This file is loaded every time you open terminal or you open a new terminal tab. Please note that the file needs to be hidden.

Upvotes: 3

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