Linux JAVA in path but permissions denied

Question

Im trying to get JAVA enabled on Intel Edison which uses Yocto (Linux), the problem is that after extracting the zip, im able to check the version, and when putting it into the

Answer 1

You need to be logged in as Root

. .profile

If that doesn't work you can source your file.

source .profile 

note that source is a synonym of '.' (period).