Ubuntu 11.10 environment variable problem

[huu2011]

Hello all,
I have manually installed Tomcat6(/usr/local/tomcat)
,java6(/usr/local/java) with symbolink.
The I added CATALINA_HOME and JAVA_HOME to ~/.bashrc for non-root and root user.
but I think when I was adding as root, probably could have created the problem below.

root@test-apire-5738:/usr/local/tomcat# gedit ~/.bashrc
Command 'gedit' is available in '/usr/bin/gedit'
The command could not be located because '/usr/bin' is not included in the PATH environment variable.
gedit: command not found.

I need to make the variables permanent for all users(,me,root and tomcat).
Please any help how to solve above error appreciated.

[huu2011]

please,any idea

[huu2011]

User X:
if I echo $PATH got


PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games"

root:
if I echo $PATH,got


/usr/local/java/bin

using ls in root:


root@X-Aspire-5738:/home/X# ls
Command 'ls' is available in '/bin/ls'
The command could not be located because '/bin' is not included in the PATH environment variable.
ls: command not found.



root@X-Aspire-5738:/# ls
Command 'ls' is available in '/bin/ls'
The command could not be located because '/bin' is not included in the PATH environment variable.
ls: command not found


In /etc/environment got this:


gksudo gedit /etc/environment:
PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games"

google helped little but didnt managed make it work.
any help please

[huu2011]

guys,
anyone to help me with this silly question??

[adit]

Post the contents of (at least relevant lines)
/etc/profile
/etc/bash.bashrc

[huu2011]

in /etc/profile, there is just script code

for /etc/bash.bashrc


# this file has to be sourced in /etc/profile.

export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun
export PATH=$PATH:$JAVA_HOME/bin

i gues the problem originated when I left $PATH
in this:

export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH

thank you