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BrianO'Keefe wrote:
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Thanks Nick. Would I just then create the .bashrc file in my home
directory and then do the commands as you've written in a shell as
opposed to adding the lines to the .bashrc file?<br>
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Well, if the environment variables are needed to run the application
under your user account, you would add those lines to your existing
.bashrc. If you do not have a .bashrc you can create one, or copy the
one that should be in /etc/skel/.bashrc into your home directory and
edit the copy in your homedir.<br>
<br>Once you have changed the contents of .bashrc you can tell the shell to
source the file by executing this command at the BASH prompt.<br>
<br>
source .bashrc<div><br></div><div>which avoids the need to re-spawn a shell or logout/login.<br>
<br>
or if you are not in your homedir you can do this;<br>
<br>
source ~/.bashrc<br>
<br>
I hope the helps. If you want to see if the environment variables
propagated correctly, you can do that with by typing;<br>
<br>
export<br>
<br>
in the BASH shell. If you want to check environment data you can type<div><br></div><div>/usr/bin/env</div><div><br></div><div>or (one some systems)</div><div><br></div><div>/bin/env.</div><div><br></div><div>-Nick</div><div><br><br>
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