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Asked: 2026-06-16T19:05:46+00:00

I am using Linux Mint Cinnamon 14. I have set the $JAVA_HOME and $PATH

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I am using Linux Mint Cinnamon 14. I have set the $JAVA_HOME and $PATH environment variables in ~/.profile as follows:

export JAVA_HOME=/home/aqeel/development/jdk/jdk1.6.0_35
export PATH=/home/aqeel/development/jdk/jdk1.6.0_35/bin:$PATH

I then did source ~/.profile to make the proper changes.

When I execute java -version command to check the active java version, it shows the default (already installed open-jdk) java version. How can I override the default open-jdk with the one I downloaded?

UPDATE:

which java says /usr/bin/java

$JAVA_HOME/bin/java -version says ‘Permission Denied’

sudo $JAVA_HOME/bin/java -version (asks for password, then) says Command not found

but cd $JAVA_HOME/bin, and ls shows that it is right directory.

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  1. Editorial Team

    While it looks like your setup is correct, there are a few things to check:

    1. The output of env – specifically PATH.
    2. command -v java tells you what?
    3. Is there a java executable in $JAVA_HOME\bin and does it have the execute bit set? If not chmod a+x java it.

    I trust you have source‘d your .profile after adding/changing the JAVA_HOME and PATH?

    Also, you can help yourself in future maintenance of your JDK installation by writing this instead:

    export JAVA_HOME=/home/aqeel/development/jdk/jdk1.6.0_35
export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH

    Then you only need to update one env variable when you setup the JDK installation.

    Finally, you may need to run hash -r to clear the Bash program cache. Other shells may need a similar command.

    Cheers,

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