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18 questions linked to/from How to permanently set environmental variables
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Why $JAVA_HOME does not persist on a mac? [duplicate]
On my mac os 10.6.6 I'm trying to persist env variable $JAVA_HOME but it doesn't stick!
$ export JAVA_HOME=/System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Home
Once I restart it won't be ...
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Where does add the path this command: export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig [duplicate]
I am trying to install pocketsphinx and after installation I should run these commands:
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig
But I am interested to ...
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Global Variables across scripts [duplicate]
Why is lets say HOME recognized by all my scripts but my variable DMENU isn't?
I export it in my bspwmrc file which is executed at start up.Also had it in my zshrc.
Why do this?
DMENU="-h 27 -z ...
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HTTPS=true is not working [duplicate]
I'm trying to set the environment variable HTTPS=true in macOS bash shell but it doesn't work when I printenv the variable HTTPS=true doesn't appear:
TERM_PROGRAM=Apple_Terminal
SHELL=/bin/bash
TERM=...
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Set persistent environment variable for all users
I am running Ubuntu on a local PC with the following linux distro/kernel:
$ lsb_release -a
>> ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS
$ uname -r
>> 4.10.0-33-generic
I have a python (3.5) script which calls ...
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variables in crontab
On our linux server we have a lot of entries.
Many entries look like this:
15 13 * * 3 /very/long/path/to/binary/run.sh ...
These entries would be easier to maintain if I could write:
15 13 * * 3 ...
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Fixing my PATH variable
When I type echo $PATH, I get the output:
/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games
However, I modified my PATH variable using gksudo gedit
/etc/environment; the file now reads PATH="/...
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How I can configure w3m to use squid proxy (or any proxy) by default when invoked by a specific user?
Can I configure w3m to use Squid by default when invoked by a specific user in a bash login shell?
I've looked inside the w3m configuration file, but I don't see any setting were I can set squid as ...
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Setting enivorment variables permanently with a .sh
Having looked at Setting up environment variables with .sh file and How to permanently set environmental variables I'm still confused as to how to properly set permanent environment variables from a ....
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Start bash then autostart fish with terminator
I've been using terminator, and recently started using fish. When terminator starts (bash) I can use, for example, node just fine. If I then start fish I can still run node just fine.
I set ...
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How to set an environment variable during package installation
I am working on a legacy cross-platform project packaged to both DEB and RPM formats.
Once the Linux package is installed, an environment variable holding the path to the installation folder is ...
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Debian Linux - Setting an environment variable for all users
I added the following in /etc/profile so that all my users can see the path
export JAVA_HOME=/opt/jdk11
export PATH=$PATH:$JAVA_HOME/bin
But after restarting my laptop, I cannot see the changes using ...
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"Warning: bad syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'?" has started to appear when connecting to server
I am suddenly seeing the following warning when I ssh to my server. I researched it and cannot seem to find the cause neither I am able to get rid of it.
Please, can someone help?
Thank you!
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Linux Redhat 7 : How to set a shell option globally / system-wide?
I'm having some troubled time trying to figure out how to turn on the xpg_echo option of the bash for every shell that will get run on my Linux RedHat system (7.4).
I know I can have what I need (the ...
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Symbolic link to binary, can't find configuration file
I just installed the jumbo john package.
it's in ~/tools/john
the binary is ~/tools/john/run/john
and the config is ~/tools/john/run/john.conf
I created a symbolic link with
sudo ln -s /home/me/...
