Where is .bashrc in suse 11.1

dr83 · 25-Aug-2009, 12:35

hello recently i've tried to setup tomcat in suse but it turn out to be very difficult.
I do know that after I've unziped tomcat i need to tell the tomcat where the JRE has been installed.
in some forums it turned out that I shoul access mine .bashrc file but the "gedit ~/.bashrc" didnt worked and i didnt know where to find this file the only file that i found is bash.bashrc situated into mine /etc.

I dont know if this is the file that i need to change at end by typing "export JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/jre1.6.0_16".

thanks in advance for the help

**didencool** · 25-Aug-2009, 13:06

dr83 wrote:

> hello recently i've tried to setup tomcat in suse but it turn out to be
> very difficult.
> I do know that after I've unziped tomcat i need to tell the tomcat
> where the JRE has been installed.
> in some forums it turned out that I shoul access mine .bashrc file but
> the "gedit ~/.bashrc" didnt worked and i didnt know where to find this
> file the only file that i found is bash.bashrc situated into mine /etc.

i did not know anything about tomcat
but ~/.bashrc in opensuse have this location

Code:

~>ls ~/.bashrc
/home/user/.bashrc

this is mine one wo my stuff

Code:

# Sample .bashrc for SuSE Linux
# Copyright (c) SuSE GmbH Nuernberg

# There are 3 different types of shells in bash: the login shell, normal
shell
# and interactive shell. Login shells read ~/.profile and interactive shells
# read ~/.bashrc; in our setup, /etc/profile sources ~/.bashrc - thus all
# settings made here will also take effect in a login shell.
#
# NOTE: It is recommended to make language settings in ~/.profile rather
than
# here, since multilingual X sessions would not work properly if LANG is
over-
# ridden in every subshell.

# Some applications read the EDITOR variable to determine your favourite
text
# editor. So uncomment the line below and enter the editor of your choice
:-)
#export EDITOR=/usr/bin/vim
#export EDITOR=/usr/bin/mcedit

# For some news readers it makes sense to specify the NEWSSERVER variable
here
#export NEWSSERVER=your.news.server

# If you want to use a Palm device with Linux, uncomment the two lines
below.
# For some (older) Palm Pilots, you might need to set a lower baud rate
# e.g. 57600 or 38400; lowest is 9600 (very slow!)
#
#export PILOTPORT=/dev/pilot
#export PILOTRATE=115200

so you could create new one

Code:

~>touch ~/.bashrc

and edit it with your favorite editor then restart bash, thats all
--
WBR

**john_hudson** · 25-Aug-2009, 13:08

Locate gives me:

/etc/bash.bashrc
/etc/skel/.bashrc
plus one in each user's /home

goldie · 25-Aug-2009, 13:15

strange, very strange....i copy and pasted your "gedit ~/.bashrc"
(without the quotes) into an Alt+F2 pop up and it worked here, perfectly..

i wonder if you are signed into KDE (or whatever) as root??

and, what operating system are you using? is it openSUSE or SUSE
Enterprise Linux Desktop or Server (aka: SLED or SLES)

my java home is: JAVA_HOME="/usr/lib/jvm/java so i wonder where you
got, and how you installed your java??

not to mention: WHY are you unzipping tomcat?? unzipping is NOT
involved in installing tomcat!!!!!!

oh, i look at your profile and i see you just joined these fora ten
days ago and have only made three posts....WELCOME...but, i wonder if
you are trying to install stuff using normal Windows[tm] or Mac[tm]
procedures? if so, you need to *STOP*, you are shooting yourself in
the head, never mind the foot....and machine over and over..

read carefully:

http://en.opensuse.org/Concepts
http://www.novell.com/documentation/...0_startup.html
http://tinyurl.com/6jwtg9

i can't be sure which one is most important to BEGIN with...but, i
guess you need to read HOW to install software in "Concepts"...before
you have to reinstall to correct all the tangled wires you may have
introduced...

a little reading will save you lots of wheel spinning time...

--
goldie

**Knurpht** · 25-Aug-2009, 13:19

John is right. Since you don't find one, it can only be, that you're issuing 'gedit ~/.bashrc' as root....

Normally on openSUSE you would configure your JRE with the command:

su -c 'update-alternatives --config java'
This will ask for the rootpassword and then give you the choice of installed JRE's.

Hope this helps you any further

**didencool** · 25-Aug-2009, 13:31

goldie wrote:

> strange, very strange....i copy and pasted your "gedit ~/.bashrc"
> (without the quotes) into an Alt+F2 pop up and it worked here, perfectly.
it is possible that OP ha no gedit installed in system, for example if he
use KDE
if so you can try "kate ~/.bashrc" insted of gedit
but if you open any terminal and type there

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