Set Environment

[Andrew Levey <AG_LEVEY alevey freeserve co uk>]

Hi 

Some help needed with

Set environment and

Application launcher 


I want to use the html editor Arachnophilia 5.2 build 1959 (12/08/2003)
(Java) 

( I used the vers. 4 (not java) on windows before switching to Fedora
Linux)

I installed the Java runtime j2re-1_4_2_03-linux.i586.rpm from the sun
site and downloaded Arachnophilia.jar


After changing the environment :

export JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/j2re1.4.2_03

export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH


In the arachnophilia directory entering :

java -jar Arachnophilia.jar

Everything runs tickety boo


How do I automate this ?


The environment changes are lost when the terminal window is closed

Do I need a script to make these changes for each session ?

Should it be scripted somewhere ? (how?)


I also want to run a launcher on the desktop for the application. I
presume I need a script to run â??java -jar Arachnophilia jarâ?? from the
arachnophilia directory ?


The arachnophilia website suggests a plain text desktop shortcut:-

[Desktop Entry]

Exec=java -jar (path to Arachnophilia JAR file) / Arachnophilia.jar

Name=Arachnophilia

Type=Application


my path being /usr/local/src/arachnophilia/Arachnophilia.jar


I tried that and get : Failed to execute child process â??javaâ?? (No such
file or directory)


As you can see I'm new to linux.

All help gratefully received

Regards

Andrew Levey