[HBASE-20754] quickstart guide should instruct folks to set JAVA_HOME to a JDK installation.

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 3.0.0-alpha-1
• Fix Version/s: 3.0.0-alpha-1
• Component/s: documentation
• Labels: beginner
• Release Note: The quickstart guide is updated to instruct users to set JAVA_HOME to a JDK installation.
• Assignee: Gokul
• Reporter: Sean Busbey
• Created: 20/Jun/18 04:45
• Updated: 07/Mar/19 07:21
• Resolved: 06/Mar/19 15:48

Description

The quickstart guide currently instructs folks to set JAVA_HOME, but to the wrong place

The JAVA_HOME variable should be set to a directory which contains the executable file bin/java. Most modern Linux operating systems provide a mechanism, such as /usr/bin/alternatives on RHEL or CentOS, for transparently switching between versions of executables such as Java. In this case, you can set JAVA_HOME to the directory containing the symbolic link to bin/java, which is usually /usr.

JAVA_HOME=/usr

instead, it should tell folks to point it to a jdk installation and help them on how to find that.