How to start Oracle Jdeveloper in Linux?

1. Go the the JDeveloper installation location (jdeveloper/jdev/bin)
2. Give the execute permission to the jdev file
3. run the jdev file as below.

           > cd ~/Oracle/Middleware/jdeveloper/jdev/bin
           > chmod a+x ./jdev 
           > ./jdev

4. If you want to start the JDeveloper using a command say "jdev", then create a softlink in /usr/bin pointing to the JDeveloper location as below.


           > link ~/Oracle/Middleware/jdeveloper/jdev/bin /usr/bin/jdev