JAVA_HOME vs PATH Variable Along with the configuration of JAVA_HOME, it is also useful to simultaneously update the operating system's PATH variable. With the PATH, the Java installation's \bin ...

For Java-based programs such as Maven, Jenkins, Gradle or Tomcat to run, they need to know that Java's JDK is installed. That's the purpose of the JAVA_HOME environment variable. It tells programs ...

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