How to create new permanent environment variable in Red hat Linux?

halturata · 04-10-2006, 10:06 AM

Hi there,

I'm trying to compile some software () which requires certain environment variables to be created. I've done it with:

Code:

[bash]# ENVNAME="environment variable value"; export ENVNAME

and everithing is fine, but after restart the newly created environment variables are gone... Any ideas how to include the new environment variables so they can persist?

Agrouf · 04-10-2006, 10:28 AM

Put that at the end of the .profile, or .bash_rc or .bash_profile file, depending on your distro.

halturata · 04-10-2006, 10:38 AM

Thank you very much!