12.1 Installing the JDK for JBoss

1. Select Start > Control Panel > System.

2. Click the Advanced tab.

3. Click Environment Variables and, under System Variables, click New.

4. In the New System Variable box, type JAVA_HOME as the variable name and enter the directory where you installed the JDK. This directory is the directory that contains the /bin subdirectory. For example, type the following path:

   C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_26

1. Select Start > Control Panel > System.

2. Click the Advanced tab and click Environment Variables.

3. In the System Variables area, select the PATH variable and then click Edit.

4. Append the following text to the beginning of the variable value:

%JAVA_HOME%\bin;

• It is recommended that you set the JAVA_HOME variable for Bourne and Bash as shown in the following example:

  JAVA_HOME=/usr/java 
  export JAVA_HOME

• Set the PATH variable for Bourne and Bash as shown in the following example:

  PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH 
  export PATH

(Optional) Open a command prompt and run the following command:

java -version

The command returns the Java version installed on your system.