Hi,
I am using ubuntu 9.04 I need to add some folder to my $PATH. I know how to read the path:
echo $PATH
I want to be able to edit it and add 2 other paths.
Thanks
I think you can do that all on one line if you want to. export PATH=$PATH:newPath1:newPAth2
Chris Lutz
2009-05-26 11:03:02
It depends on the shell you're using. On Solaris (I know the question is about Linux) one of the shells (can't remember which one off the top of my head) requires that you do the export separately from setting the value in a script. So I've just gotten into the habit of doing it on 2 lines.
Glen
2009-05-26 11:05:59
+4
A:
To permanently store your path, you have a few options.
I suggest you read the Ubuntu community wiki on Environment Variables but the short answer is the best place is ~/.profile for your per-user PATH setting or /etc/profile for global settings.
Do something like export PATH=$PATH:/your/new/path/here
akent
2009-05-26 10:57:22
It is important to note that there are many occasions your profile is not run (such as when a script is run by cron). If you need a specific path to be set in PATH, a script must set that path. That said, scripts should never rely on anything being in their paths and should always use absolute paths, anything else is a security issue.
Chas. Owens
2009-05-26 13:18:04
A:
echo PATH=$PATH:path1:path2 > tmp
Edit the file tmp with your favourite text editor so the value of PATH is exactly what you want
. ./tmp
mealnor
2009-05-26 11:00:24
+1
A:
You can also put this in the global environment:
sudo emacs /etc/environment
Append to the entries already in your path
PATH="/path/to/file:/other/paths"
Reload the environment
source /etc/environment
jtsnake
2009-06-06 16:05:05
Editing the environment file was the only way I could get the PATH to change and stay changed.
Thomas Langston
2010-10-10 21:59:15
A:
It has already been answered on how to do that, but I'd like to give you a little tip. Here is whatI do:
I have a directory called .bash.d in my $HOME and within that I keep a set of shell scripts that do stuff to my environment (for instance setup maven correctly, modify the path, set my prompt etc.). I keep this under version control by using git, which makes it easy to go back to a working version of your env, if you screw something up badly. To get all the modifications, I simply source all files in that dir at the end of my .bashrc like this:
for i in $HOME/.bash.d/*; do source $i; done
unset i
This gives you a very flexible environment that you can easily modify and restore + you are able to export it to other machines just by using git.
André
2009-06-06 16:51:05