diff --git a/processing/build/linux/dist/processing b/processing/build/linux/dist/processing
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+CLASSPATH=java/lib/rt.jar:lib:lib/build:lib/pde.jar:lib/core.jar:lib/antlr.jar:lib/oro.jar
+export CLASSPATH
+
+# put the directory where this file lives in the front of the path, because
+# that directory also contains jikes, which we will need at runtime.
+#
+PATH=`pwd`/`dirname $0`:`pwd`/java/bin:${PATH}
+export PATH
+
+#exec java/bin/java PdeBase
+java PdeBase