Step-by-step – GlassFish 6/7 Installation in Manjaro

Installing

2. 2. Downloading GlassFish

   Download Eclipse GlassFish 6/7 App Server for Linux.

   Get GlassFish 6/7 Zip

   Grab Eclipse GlassFish 6/7 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:

   

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3. 3. Extracting GlassFish

   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

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5. 5. Installing GlassFish

   Finally, to Install Eclipse GlassFish 6/7 in Manjaro
   (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/glassfish*

   Again, give Execution Permissions with:

   sudo chown -R +x /tmp/glassfish*

   And then Switch contents:

   sudo mv /tmp/glassfish* /opt/

   Moreover, Append GlassFish into User’s Path:

   echo "export PATH=$PATH:/opt/glassfish7/bin" >> ~/.bashrc

   In case replace the Version in the above Command.

   To Reload Path simply:

   bash

   Finally, to Test GlassFish 6/7 Installation:

   which asadmin