4.1.1 Environment Variables

Add the following environment variables into a login script for the user mzadmin, ensuring the variables are always used. The example values will be used later on in the installation parameters file; install.xml.

Variable Description

MZ_HOME

Example value: /opt/mz

This environment variable specifies where the software is to be installed.

Note!

The directory must exist and be empty prior to the installation.

JAVA_HOME

Example value: /opt/jdk/jdk1.8.0_121

This environment variable specifies where the JDK is installed.

Java Version

You can view the installed JRE/JDK installations by typing the following command inside a terminal window

/usr/libexec/java_home -V

You can then export it using the following command:

export JAVA_HOME=`/opt/jdk/jdk1.8.0_121`

PATH

The search path must contain the following directories: $JAVA_HOME/bin:$MZ_HOME/bin

This environment variable specifies the search path.

Example - Setting Environment Variables

$ export MZ_HOME=/opt/mz
$ export JAVA_HOME=/opt/jdk/jdk1.8.0_121
$ export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$MZ_HOME/bin:$PATH

Next:

4.1.2 Extracting the Software