Following are the steps to set up the variable.
1. Open terminal.
2. Type the command -> touch ~/.bash_profile - The touch utility sets the modification and access times of files. If any file does not exist, it is created with default permissions
3. Type the command -> open ~/.bash_profile - This will open the file.
4. Then you will see a file, it could be blank or you can see some variables already there. Now there are two things:
a. You want to create a new variable all together the format will be
export VariableName=Path/Value to be set (Please mind the spaces)
b. You want to append the path, like in case of JAVA Path.the format will be.
export existingVariableName=$existingVariableName:new value to be appended
For instance export PATH=$PATH:/usr/bin/java
5. Now You save the document by pressing Command + S
6. Now type the command - source ./.bash_profile - This will save your changes.
7. To check the value of your system variable simply write - echo $YourVariableName
Hope that this helps!!
Thanks!!
1. Open terminal.
2. Type the command -> touch ~/.bash_profile - The touch utility sets the modification and access times of files. If any file does not exist, it is created with default permissions
3. Type the command -> open ~/.bash_profile - This will open the file.
4. Then you will see a file, it could be blank or you can see some variables already there. Now there are two things:
a. You want to create a new variable all together the format will be
export VariableName=Path/Value to be set (Please mind the spaces)
b. You want to append the path, like in case of JAVA Path.the format will be.
export existingVariableName=$existingVariableName:new value to be appended
For instance export PATH=$PATH:/usr/bin/java
5. Now You save the document by pressing Command + S
6. Now type the command - source ./.bash_profile - This will save your changes.
7. To check the value of your system variable simply write - echo $YourVariableName
Hope that this helps!!
Thanks!!