1. Overview
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In this quick article, we’ll take a look at how to set the JAVA_HOME variable on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux.
2. Windows
2.1. Windows 10 and 8
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- Open Search and type advanced system settings
- In the shown options, select the View advanced system settings link
- Under the Advanced tab, click Environment Variables
- In the System variables section, click New (or User variables for single user setting)
- Set JAVA_HOME as the Variable name and the path to the JDK installation as the Variable value and click OK
- Click OK and click Apply to apply the changes
2.2. Windows 7
- On the Desktop, right-click My Computer and select Properties
- Under the Advanced tab, click Environment Variables
- In the System variables section, click New (or User variables for single user setting)
- Set JAVA_HOME as the Variable name and the path to the JDK installation as the Variable value and click OK
- Click OK and click Apply to apply the changes
Open Command Prompt and check the value of the JAVA_HOME variable:
The result should be the path to the JDK installation:
3. Mac OS X
3.1. Single User – Mac OS X 10.5 or Newer
From OS X 10.5, Apple introduced a command line tool (/usr/libexec/java_home) which dynamically finds the top Java version specified in Java Preferences for the current user.
Open ~/.bash_profile in any text editor and add:
Save and close the file.
Open a Terminal and run the source command to apply the changes:
Now we can check the value of the JAVA_HOME variable:
The result should be the path to the JDK installation:
3.2. Single User – Mac OS X Older Versions
For older versions of OS X, we have to set the exact path to the JDK installation:
Open ~/.bash_profile in any editor and add:
Save and close the file.
Open a Terminal and run the source command to apply the changes:
Now we can check the value of the JAVA_HOME variable:
The result should be the path to the JDK installation:
3.3. Global Setting
To set JAVA_HOME globally for all users, the steps are the same as for single user, but the file /etc/profile is used.
4. Linux
We're going to manipulate the PATH here, of course – so, if you haven't done that before, here are the detailed instructions on how to do it.
4.1 Single User
To set JAVA_HOME in Linux for a single user, we can use /etc/profile or /etc/environment (preferred for system-wide setting) or ~/.bashrc (user-specific setting).
Open ~/.bashrc in any text editor and add:
Save and close the file.
Run the source command to load the variable:
Now we can check the value of the JAVA_HOME variable:
The result should be the path to the JDK installation:
4.2 Global Setting
To set JAVA_HOME in Linux for all users, we can use /etc/profile or /etc/environment (preferred).
Open /etc/environment in any text editor and add:
Please note that /etc/environment is not a script, but a list of assignment expressions (that is why export is not used). This file is read at the time of login.
To set JAVA_HOME using /etc/profile, open the file and add:
Run the source command to load the variable:
Now we can check the value of the JAVA_HOME variable:
The result should be the path to the JDK installation:
5. Conclusion
In this article, we have covered ways to set the JAVA_HOME environment variable on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux.