I am trying to setup Apache-James Server on Ubuntu, in which I am getting the annoying error: JAVA_HOME not defined correctly We cannot execute I have already referred to the documentations and set up the PATH and JAVA_HOME variables correctly in the /etc/profile file. Upon calling echo, I get the values in the output screen. Where am I missing? echo $JAVA_HOME /usr/local/jdk1.6.0_27 echo $PATH $PATH:/usr/local/jdk1.6.0_27/bin Please Help !!