How to I install Glassfish on Ubuntu from the command line?

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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.

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 15 '11 at 05:37

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gunzip glassfish-3.1.1-web.zip

answered Sep 15 '11 at 05:37

Dave Newton

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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. – Robert Hume Sep 15 '11 at 12:57
After this, how do I make it start up on boot? – user7054 Dec 10 '12 at 22:00
@user7054 By reading a tutorial, like [this one](http://docs.oracle.com/javaee/6/tutorial/doc/bnadi.html) or any other. – Dave Newton Dec 10 '12 at 22:03
@DaveNewton The link shows how to start it manually, not on boot. – user7054 Dec 10 '12 at 22:45
@user7054 ... I found this the same way I found that one, by searching: https://blogs.oracle.com/foo/entry/how_to_run_glassfish_v3 – Dave Newton Dec 11 '12 at 00:16
why the web version, and not the full version? – Thufir Nov 02 '14 at 08:29
@Thufir Because three years ago that's the one I happened to have. – Dave Newton Nov 02 '14 at 12:55

score 3 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:14

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You could use X forwarding when connecting with SSH. Then, the graphical installer should work.

See also:

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:14

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answered Sep 15 '11 at 05:33

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 04 '13 at 06:24

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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

answered Apr 04 '13 at 06:24

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This link appears to be dead. [It would be preferable](http://meta.stackexchange.com/q/8259) to include the essential parts of the answer here, and provide the link for reference. – Kevin Bowen Apr 12 '13 at 12:19

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 15 '11 at 04:26

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

answered Sep 15 '11 at 04:26

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I believe Robert wants to install Glassfish v3, which is not available from Ubuntu repositories. – Danilo Piazzalunga Sep 15 '11 at 05:30
I'll be happy to update the answer if the OP adds information about where the graphical installer (or PPA?) was obtained. – Sep 15 '11 at 06:33
@tripleee - I downloaded the installer "glassfish-3.1.1-unix.sh" from here: http://glassfish.java.net/downloads/3.1.1-final.html – Robert Hume Sep 15 '11 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. – Robert Hume Sep 15 '11 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 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Package_management_system – tripleee Sep 16 '11 at 06:27

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