Step-by-step – GlassFish 6/7 Installation in Ubuntu 20.04 Guide

April 3, 2021 | By the+gnu+linux+evangelist.

Installing

  1. 2. Downloading GlassFish

    Download Eclipse GlassFish App Server for Linux.

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

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

    Firefox Prompt

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

    Downloaded Packages

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

    Chrome Bottom Panel Downloads

    How to Install Chrome Browser on Linux

  2. 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:

    Extract

    Or from Command Line:

    unzip -d /tmp/ $HOME/Downloads/glassfish*.zip
  3. 4. Installing Oracle JDK

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

    Install Oracle JDK for Ubuntu
  4. 5. Installing GlassFish

    Finally, to Install Eclipse GlassFish 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/glassfish*

    Again, give Execution Permissions with:

    sudo chmod -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 Installation:

    which asadmin

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