Mac OSX Tips

Setting JAVA_HOME

OSX: 10.9.3

Open a Terminal

Type: nano .bash_profile

Add: export JAVA_HOME=$(/usr/libexec/java_home)

Exit nano: ctrl+o and hit return

Type: source .bash_profile

Type:  echo $JAVA_HOME

You should see something like: Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_60.jdk/Contents/Home