ERROR: JETTY_HOME not set

Question

I have tried installing Jetty server on my Ubuntu 12.04 following this steps. But when I start my server I get the following error,

service jetty start ** ERROR: JETTY_HOME not set, you need to set it or install in a standard location

Solution 1

This is a rather frustrating error with little help out there. I thought I'd post my solution here for someone who is looking to solve the same problem.

Anyway, the correct solution is to set JETTY_HOME in /etc/default/jetty like so:

 JETTY_HOME=/opt/jetty

Hope this helps someone.

Solution 2

Here's a pointer in the right direction: JETTY_HOME refers to an environment variable set with a value corresponding to the directory path where you have installed jetty.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2655641/set-environment-variable-in-ubuntu

Comments

[MadHatter]

Have you considered doing exactly that?

[uvijay]

Yes I tried doing the same by adding in /etc/environment but ended up with the same error. As far as I searched JETTY doesn't need the variable to be set explicitly and is set by Jetty's start mechanism. (start.jar)

[Abdull]

related: serverfault.com/q/374699/127106

[uvijay]

I am new to linux after years of using window and hence having some difficulties. I followed this tutorial to install Jetty link step by step and was getting the mentioned error. I did google and I did try setting the environment variable explicitly but wasnt working. Thanks.