You're trying to add a directory to your $PATH
so it will always be in your linux $PATH
and accessible anywhere.
You can add your 'path' to $PATH
with below command:
$ export PATH=$PATH:/path/to/dir
However each time you exit the terminal or start a new terminal instance, or reboot the system this path is lost and you need to run the export command again.
To set it permanently follow one of the two below:
User Wide
This method will effect your 'current user' only. According to your shell, add your path into your .profile
, .bash_profile
, .zprofile
.
For instance, add it to /home/user/.profile
or in short ~/.profile
:
# ~/.profile
export PATH=$PATH:/path/to/dir
Then source the file to activate the new $PATH
:
$ source ~/.profile
Note:
You can add it into .bashrc
,.zshrc
as well but I do not prefer this method. Since environment variables should be set in ~/.profile
.
System Wide
This method will effect all users in your system. It means that if you add path with this method the path will be visible for all users in the system. In order to execute that you have to have root
privileges.
Add your 'path' to /etc/profile/
:
# /etc/profile
export PATH=$PATH:/path/to/dir
All done!
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