Set environment variable path

Mohammed Zia · 07-13-2012, 06:22 AM

Hi,
I am using UbuntuX86v12.04. Accidently I deleted all the paths saved in my ~/.bashrc file using terminal. I used "gedit ~/.bashrc" command to open it through terminal and after deleting, I saved it. Now I am not able to run any program or command. Each time the terminal is telling that the path is not included in my environment variable. I am not even able to use gedit to reopen ~/.bashrc file to undo changes. Kindly let me know how to add paths to environment varibales so that eveything would again get normal.

Thanks!

Zia

camorri · 07-13-2012, 07:33 AM

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I am not even able to use gedit to reopen ~/.bashrc file to undo changes.

Do you still have the file? What error messages do you get? Post them so we can help.

If you have deleted the file completely, you can create a new one.

Here is a link that shows how to add paths to your bashrc file.

-->http://opencheese.com/2009/05/11/ubu...l-bashrc-file/

Google is your friend.

Mohammed Zia · 07-14-2012, 12:27 AM

Thanks dear for your suggestion. But I fixed the problem myself. I opened home directory and pressed "ctrl+h" to see the hidden files. There I found .bashrc file. From the terminal I checked how many paths are still present in my environment varibale using "echo $PATH" command. I simply added missing paths in continuation with the existing paths using ":/path/to/your/missing/directory". After this I restared the terminal and everything was OK.

Thanks for assistance!

Zia