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I want to set it at startup in Ubuntu. Currently I have to manually set it after starting up.

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You can add it to the /etc/environment file, making it part of every user's environment.

JAVA_HOME="/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/"

To apply this change while the system is still running, use source /etc/environment.

Recommended reading: Enviroment Variables - Ubuntu community documentation.

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Quotes are superfluous. – user unknown Jan 24 at 11:14
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@userunknown quotes aren't necessary, but make it easier for humans to read. – Chris S♦ Jan 24 at 13:33
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