Setting JAVA_HOME in linux

Question

I am trying to set path for JAVA_HOME in my linux machine. When I run java -version it shows:

• java version "1.7.0_55"
• OpenJDK Runtime Environment (rhel-2.4.7.1.el6_5-x86_64 u55-b13)
• OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 24.51-b03, mixed mode)

I'm trying to build my maven project, but this comes up:

Error: JAVA_HOME is not defined correctly.
We cannot execute /usr/java/jdk1.7.0_05/bin/java

Please tell what to do here. I am lost.

Answer 1

1. find /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.x.x-openjdk

2. vim /etc/profile

   Prepend sudo if logged in as not-privileged user, ie. sudo vim

3. Press 'i' to get in insert mode

4. add:

   export JAVA_HOME="path that you found"
   
   export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH

5. Reboot your system, and voila