java not running .jar files without absolute path. (take II)

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On Wed, 9 Jun 2004 11:52:11 +0100 (BST)
Jan Grant <Jan.Grant at bristol.ac.uk> wrote:

> On Wed, 9 Jun 2004 epilogue at allstream.net wrote:
> 
> > > which java
> > /usr/local/jdk1.4.2/bin/java
> >
> > > java -jar Jreepad-1.0.jar
> > Error: could not find libjava.so
> > Error: could not find Java 2 Runtime Environment.
> >
> > however, the program will run with an absolute path:
> > > /usr/local/jdk1.4.2/bin/java -jar Jreepad-1.0.jar
> >
> >
> > i don't see any typos in my $PATH (witness 'which' result above).
> >
> > the same occurs with linux-sun-jdk (when i put it earlier in the $PATH)
> >
> > am i missing something?  is this standard behaviour for java?
> 
> Works for me; is JAVA_HOME set to something broken in your environment?
> 

hello jan,

> echo $JAVA_HOME
JAVA_HOME: Undefined variable.

hmmm.  i don't recall ever setting that variable.  yet, i do recall
this not being an issue with previous installs of java.

is JAVA_HOME a variable that is required? shouldn't the $PATH entry be
sufficient?

thanks.

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