Step-by-step – GlassFish 5.0 Installation in Ubuntu 20.04 Guide

Installing

2. 2. Downloading

   Download Glassfish 5.0 App Server for Linux.

   Get Glassfish 5.0 Zip

   Browse for Glassfish 5.0 Release

   And the Full Platform is Used rather than Web Profile.

3. 3. Extracting

   Then Extract Glassfish 5
   First, Check if Unzip is there:

   which unzip

   If Not then to Install the Unzip Tool:

   sudo apt install unzip

   Authenticate with the User Admin Pass.
   If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo
   Then Double-Click on Archive and Decompress it into /tmp:

   

   Or from Command Line:

   unzip -d /tmp/ $HOME/Downloads/glassfish*.zip

4. 4. Installing Oracle JDK

   How to Install Required Oracle Java JDK 8+ on Ubuntu Linux.

   Install Oracle JDK for Ubuntu

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5. 5. Installing Glassfish

   Finally, to Install Glassfish 5.0 in Ubuntu
   (Here we describe a System-Wide Setup, for a Local one Just Run from inside Home)
   Set the SuperUser as Owner:

   sudo chown -R root:root /tmp/glassfish5

   Again, give Execution Permissions with:

   sudo chmod -R +x /tmp/glassfish5

   And then Switch contents:

   sudo mv /tmp/glassfish5 /opt/

   Moreover, Append Glassfish into User’s Path:

   echo "export PATH=$PATH:/opt/glassfish5/bin" >> ~/.bashrc

   To Reload Path simply:

   bash

   Finally, to Test Glassfish 5.0 Installation:

   which asadmin