Re: [Geoserver-users] GEOSERVER_HOME envrionemnt variable on Ubuntu

[Bart Z. | G. S. <ba...@gi...>]

Hi Joseph,

In order to use the variable, you have to call it by it’s name.

cd $GEOSERVER_HOME/bin

Should get you into the bin folder in /usr/share/Geoserver

Kind regards,

Bart

From: John Joseph <cha...@gm...>
Sent: Tuesday, 1 June 2021 17:01
To: geo...@li...
Subject: [Geoserver-users] GEOSERVER_HOME envrionemnt variable on Ubuntu

Hello, I'm installing Geoserver-2.19.1 (binary, platform independent) stable release on Ubuntu 20.04.  I'm following the Geoserver documentation as best I can, but am running into trouble on setting the GEOSERVER_HOME environment variable.

After following the documentation to download and extract zip files, I have the directories set up such that my startup.sh is located as shown:

/usr/share/geoserver/geoserver-2.19.1-bin/bin/startup.sh

Now Step 5 of the current on-line GeoServer documentation says to define the GEOSERVER_HOME environment variable by entering the command (which I've copied and pasted here):


echo "export GEOSERVER_HOME=/usr/share/geoserver" >> ~/.profile

. ~/.profile



I assume this is all supposed to be entered as a single command line, as the instructions say to type it in, so I typed it in like this:

echo "export GEOSERVER_HOME=/usr/share/geoserver" >> ~/.profile. ~/.profile

which did not work for me.  Prior to that, I had entered (erroneously) as two separate command lines (. ~/.profile as the 2nd command).  But either way when I try to do a subesequent step,

cd geoserver/bin

I get "No such file or directory". I actually got Geoserver to start last night by using the commands "cd /usr/share/geoserver/geoserver-2.19.1-bin/bin" and then "sh startup.sh", but now even that won't work.

Can someone tell me my error?  I'm considering re-installing, but would like to have a bit more insight before I do that.

Your help would be much appreciated.



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