On 19-04-2014 08.35, message wrote: > The path was changed to: > > export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/java/jre/bin/java > > but the command terminal 'java -version' is not recognised. ---end quoted text--- Hello, Try this: export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/java/jre Perhaps you would be more comfortable with another distribution like Ubuntu? HTH, Gavin. -- Gavin Costello gavcos@xxxxxxxxx