$PATH - trouble

Southern_Trendkiller · 2005-10-03 13:08:53

I have to set the $PATH variable to also include /opt/games.

How do i do that?

I tried adding
export $PATH="/opt/games" to my .bashrc, but that just gives me some errors. Can anybody tell me what i've done wrong?

Southern_Trendkiller

fdrebin · 2005-10-03 13:42:00

i think another way to edit your PATH is to add it to the /etc/profile - file

Southern_Trendkiller · 2005-10-03 13:49:14

Thanks man, that was just the file i was looking for
Everything is working the way i want it, now.

Thanks again!

tomk · 2005-10-03 13:52:49

Wherever you do it, the command is

export PATH="/foo:/bar: (etc)"

Note no $ sign.

sh__ · 2005-10-03 16:59:34

Southern_Trendkiller: your first attempt overrides the PATH variable completely. To add /opt/games to your path, the way to do it in bash is

export PATH="$PATH:/opt/games"

Southern_Trendkiller · 2005-10-04 05:03:10

oh... i was unaware of the fact that i was overriding the PATH variable that way. Thanks for pointing it out.

RaLX · 2006-02-07 00:38:45

Hi, I'm just trying to set the PATH too, but I think this way will modify the PATH globally isn't?, what if I want to modify the PATH for my User account only, where I need to do it?

Thanks.

Dusty · 2006-02-07 01:01:16

do it in your /home/username/.bashrc

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