Start JDeveloper 11g on Linux

After downloading and installing the Linux version of JDeveloper i made some updates which required to restart it. After confirming this the JDeveloper quits and didn't start again. Leaving me without any shortcut i looked at the path i installed JDeveloper. A little bit confused i found some .exe files there which are not really thought to be run under Linux. After searching through a lot of folders i finally found a solution.

To start your JDeveloper you need to go to the install path (in the oracle documentation described as $JDEV_HOME but on my system there wasn't any variable called like this) and make there a file executable.

cd /Installation/Path/Oracle/Middleware/jdeveloper/jdev/bin/
chmod a+x ./jdev
./jdev

And you should see the loading screen of JDeveloper. To be able to start JDeveloper a little easier you can add a symlink to your /usr/local/bin folder. Then you will be able to start JDeveloper by typing jdev into your terminal.

link /Installation/Path/Oracle/Middleware/jdeveloper/jdev/bin/jdev /usr/local/bin/jdev