Can't set JAVA_HOME on Catalina

Question

I use Catalina. I created the .bash_profile file and edited it.

I wrote export JAVA_HOME=$(/usr/libexec/java_home) in this file and typed source ~/.bash_profile , after that typed echo $JAVA_HOME and showed the path but when I reopen the terminal and type echo $JAVA_HOME , doesn't show the path again.

What is the problem?

Answer 1

New user accounts in Catalina default to using zsh , not bash . You need to set your environment in ~/.zprofile , not ~/.bash_profile .

Answer 2

~/.bash_profile is executed at the time of login. If you just log out and login again, it should be fine. For interactive non-login shells .bash_rc is used.