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I have a Linux machine (Ubuntu) and I installed GlassFish and everything worked fine. The thing is, I was using Linux from the desktop UI and the installer featured a graphical wizard.

I am wondering, if I create a Linux virtual machine on Amazon EC2 or Rackspace, I can only access the Linux from the command line using SSH.

How do I install GlassFish from the command line? Won't the graphic install wizard attempt to display and fail?

Any help is appreciated.

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gunzip glassfish-3.1.1-web.zip

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  • thanks -- I hadn't thought of that, but that will work. Although the graphical wizard walks through some basic setup, would be nice to be able to use it. Sep 15, 2011 at 12:57
  • After this, how do I make it start up on boot?
    – user7054
    Dec 10, 2012 at 22:00
  • @user7054 By reading a tutorial, like this one or any other. Dec 10, 2012 at 22:03
  • @DaveNewton The link shows how to start it manually, not on boot.
    – user7054
    Dec 10, 2012 at 22:45
  • @user7054 ... I found this the same way I found that one, by searching: blogs.oracle.com/foo/entry/how_to_run_glassfish_v3 Dec 11, 2012 at 0:16
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You could use X forwarding when connecting with SSH. Then, the graphical installer should work.

See also:

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sudo aptitude install glassfish, assuming the package name is glassfish. Whether you connect over SSH or not is completely irrelevant.

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  • I believe Robert wants to install Glassfish v3, which is not available from Ubuntu repositories. Sep 15, 2011 at 5:30
  • I'll be happy to update the answer if the OP adds information about where the graphical installer (or PPA?) was obtained.
    – tripleee
    Sep 15, 2011 at 6:33
  • @tripleee - I downloaded the installer "glassfish-3.1.1-unix.sh" from here: glassfish.java.net/downloads/3.1.1-final.html Sep 15, 2011 at 12:56
  • @tripleee - is "aptitude" a ubuntu-specific feature? just thinking (since I use a Mac for development) it would be nice to learn how to do things in a standard cross-platform UNIX way. Thanks again. Sep 15, 2011 at 12:59
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    @Robert Hume: aptitude, apt-get, synaptic are tools that are specific to .deb packages. There is no universal packaging format, beyond tar files containing a README, although there are many contenders to become the One True Standard. See also RPM, OSX Fink, the Solaris package manager, *BSD ports, Gentoo Portage, etc. And en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Package_management_system
    – tripleee
    Sep 16, 2011 at 6:27
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This will guide you through all the installation steps from command line: http://www.nabisoft.com/tutorials/glassfish/installing-glassfish-311-on-ubuntu

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    This link appears to be dead. It would be preferable to include the essential parts of the answer here, and provide the link for reference. Apr 12, 2013 at 12:19

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