getting message to set environmet variable

mr.moto · 12-17-2001, 09:42 PM

I assume I do this in .profile with an editor.

If so what do I put there ?

Trying to set the CC variable ????

unSpawn · 12-18-2001, 01:00 AM

You could add the line (w/o quotes)
"cc=gcc"
and then add "cc" to the export line,
but unless youve got something weird of a distro this shouldnt be necessary. "Modern" sources come with "configure" which tracks down the values for the compiler on your system.

kervin · 01-15-2002, 09:48 PM

It depends on what shell you use. If you use bash ( most distro's )

try 'export CC=gcc'

Basically 'export variable=value'. This differ's from regular bourne shell where you have to separate the export command, eg 'CC=gcc ; export CC' And C shell, tcsh, you can get away with 'setenv CC="gcc"'

You need to add the export line in your .profile only if you want that variable to be set whenever you log into the computer.