Terminal error on a mac: "-bash: java: command not found"?

Question

I'm trying to add ram to my minecraft server and when i typed in
"java -Xmx1024M -Xms1024M -jar minecraft_server.jar" to terminal I got the error above. I tried giving the command minus java and then i got the error "-bash: -Xmx: command not found"

Answer 1

Hi,



That error message is basically saying it cannot find java.



I'll assume you installed JRE at a minimum, but the question is where to.



To verify that do the following:



1. Log in to root.



2. Type this in and press enter:



    find / -name java -print



Once you know the location you need to set the PATH.



For example if this was location:



  /home/John/j2re1.4.2_05/bin/java



If you were using bin/bash you'd need to add this to your ~/.bashrc



PATH=$PATH:/home/John/j2re1.4.2_05/bin



export PATH



And if you are using /bin/csh (or /bin/tcsh), then add this to your ~/.cshrc



setenv PATH "${PATH}:/home/John/j2re1.4.2_05/bin



Log out and log back in again.



Note!!! If you are not sure what shell you are in then use the "finger" command. For example:



  finger John



Regards,



Javalad

Answer 2

"Java" is saying that, assuming you have Java installed, your Mac does not know where it is. The Environment PATH is a list of folder locations it will look in before it tells you that it is not found.

Answer 3

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