i want to first thank you for your reply, and then bug you for more help if at all possible
so i executed those 2 comands:
[root@localhost root]# export JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/j2sdk.1.4.2
[root@localhost root]# PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
making sure that the path to java was correct.
then i tried to run java:
[root@localhost WEB-INF]# java -jar Start_TestPilot.jar& **start_testPilot is the program that i am trying to run. i did not write it
and this is the responce i got:
[1] 2540
bash: java: command not found
so the questions would be, did i execute those 2 commands correctly? you mentioned something about logging out. do you mean that i have to log out of linux totally for those commands to work? is there a way i can
test java myself (san the software) to eliminate an avenue of error and make sure that just java is running correctly. (a test program?) thank you again! i really appreciate the help - b