[PLUG] Environment Variable Question

[steve weiland]

jmf.jar is found in /home/rsteff/JMF-2.1.1e/lib

JMF-2.1.1e <- note the e

> echo $CLASSPATH
> /home/rsteff/JMF2.1.1/lib/jmf.jar:/home/rsteff/JMF2.1.1/lib/sound.jar:.:
                       ^ no e                            ^ no e

> echo $LD_LIBRARY_PATH
> /home/rsteff/JMF2.1.1/lib:
                       ^ no e  


On Thu, 2005-05-19 at 08:07, Richard C. Steffens wrote:
> I'm working on installing Art of Illusion, which is modeling and rendering 
> program (http://www.artofillusion.org/). It is written in Java, and can use 
> the Java Media Framework, which is the part I'm trying to install, now. There 
> is a diagnostic page at:
> 
> http://java.sun.com/products/java-media/jmf/2.1.1/jmfdiagnostics.html
> 
> When it loads, I get the error message:
> 
> JMF classes.....Not Found
> 
> Following Sun's instructions, I set the following environment variables from 
> the terminal (I've also exported them in my .profile file):
> 
> JMFHOME=/home/someuser/JMF2.1.1
> CLASSPATH=$JMFHOME/lib/jmf.jar:$JMFHOME/lib/sound.jar:.:${CLASSPATH}
> LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$JMFHOME/lib:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}
> 
> I don't understand the last part of the last two variables, the part that 
> encloses the variable I'm setting in a pair of braces. When I look at the 
> variables with echo, I get this:
> 
> > echo $CLASSPATH
> /home/rsteff/JMF2.1.1/lib/jmf.jar:/home/rsteff/JMF2.1.1/lib/sound.jar:.:
> > echo $LD_LIBRARY_PATH
> /home/rsteff/JMF2.1.1/lib:
> 
> I assume I should be getting something after the trailing : and that this is 
> why the diagnostic page tells me it can't find the CLASSPATH.
> 
> The troubleshooting information on the diagnostic page says:
> 
> Classes not found: JMF classes are not included in the CLASSPATH environment 
> variable. Please make sure the CLASSPATH points to jmf.jar that comes with 
> your installation.
> 
> jmf.jar is found in /home/rsteff/JMF-2.1.1e/lib
> 
> Any ideas?
-- 
steve weiland <steve at widge.net>