howto add an environment variable

dtra · 04-18-2005, 06:09 AM

hi all

i need to add this variable LD_LIBRARY_PATH to my environment permanently
at the moment it either doesn't exist or is empty
i don't want to have to go export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib all the time
can someone let me know how this can be done

thanks
dave

slackie1000 · 04-18-2005, 06:26 AM

hi there,

depends on your shell.
for bash, add that to your .bashrc

Code:

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib

regards

slackie1000

dtra · 04-18-2005, 06:34 AM

oh hey, thanks, yeah i'm using bash
hopefully that works, when i make changes like that do i need to restart the computer?

slackie1000 · 04-18-2005, 06:55 AM

hi there,

Quote:

Originally posted by dtra
oh hey, thanks, yeah i'm using bash
hopefully that works, when i make changes like that do i need to restart the computer?

in theory, you only need to restart your computer when you change something related to the kernel.
this is not windows.

you just need to do that ( after changing your .bashrc file):

Code:

bash
env | grep -i ld_libraby_path

and you will see where is pointing.

regards

slackie1000

dtra · 04-18-2005, 06:22 PM

awesome, thanks for the pointers