Step-by-step – GlassFish 5.1 Installation in MX Linux

Installing

2. 2. Downloading Glassfish 5.1

   Download Eclipse Glassfish 5.1 App Server for Linux.

   Get Glassfish 5.1 Zip

   Grab Eclipse Glassfish 5.1 Release

   Use the Web Profile for Servlet, JSF and JSB Apps.

   If you are using Firefox then on Prompt Choose “Open with Archive Manager”:

   

   Or After try to Select the Package by the Downloads Button on Top Panel:

   

   Instead, on Google-Chrome simply try to Choose the Package on the Bottom Panel:

   

   How to Install Chrome Browser on MX

3. 3. Extracting Glassfish 5.1

   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 MX Linux.

   Install Oracle JDK for MX

   Setup Oracle JDK 8+ for MX

5. 5. Installing Glassfish 5.1

   Finally, to Install Eclipse Glassfish 5.1 in MX
   (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 5.1 Installation:

   which asadmin