problem running eclipse on ubuntu?

Question

I downloaded eclipse on ubuntu. But when I run it it show following error.

A Java Runtime Environment (JRE) or Java Development Kit (JDK)
must be available i         


        

Answer 1

I tried editing .profile, .bashrc, to no avail. (I'm trying to use eclipse by clicking an icon, NOT by executing it from a bash shell).

SOLUTION: I copied my /home/denise/jdk1.7.0_25/jre to /home/denise/dev//jre

which is a stupid solution because it defeats the purpose of having a .profile or .bashrc.

and no, there was no .pam_environment file

peace!