how to set path in java

How to set path in Java

    How to set path of JDK in Windows OS
        Setting Temporary Path of JDK
        Setting Permanent Path of JDK
    How to set path of JDK in Linux OS

The path is required to be set for using tools such as javac, java etc.

If you are saving the java source file inside the jdk/bin directory, path is not required to be set because all the tools will be available in the current directory.

But If you are having your java file outside the jdk/bin folder, it is necessary to set path of JDK.

There are 2 ways to set java path:

    temporary
    permanent

1) How to set Temporary Path of JDK in Windows

To set the temporary path of JDK, you need to follow following steps:

    Open command prompt
    copy the path of jdk/bin directory
    write in command prompt: set path=copied_path

For Example:

set path=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_23\bin

Let's see it in the figure given below:
how to set path in java
2) How to set Permanent Path of JDK in Windows

For setting the permanent path of JDK, you need to follow these steps:

    Go to MyComputer properties -> advanced tab -> environment variables -> new tab of user variable -> write path in variable name -> write path of bin folder in variable value -> ok -> ok -> ok


1)Go to MyComputer properties
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2)click on advanced tab
how to set path in java
3)click on environment variables

how to set path in java

4)click on new tab of user variables
how to set path in java
5)write path in variable name
how to set path in java
6)Copy the path of bin folder
how to set path in java
7)paste path of bin folder in variable value
how to set path in java
8)click on ok button
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9)click on ok button
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Now your permanent path is set.You can now execute any program of java from any drive.
Setting Java Path in Linux OS
Setting the path in Linux OS is same as setting the path in the Windows OS. But here we use export tool rather than set. Let's see how to set path in Linux OS:

export PATH=$PATH:/home/jdk1.6.01/bin/

Here, we have installed the JDK in the home directory under Root (/home).