set environment variable

[y2keyank]

hey, i tried several times to set permanent environment variable but i failed. everything i did was temp. can anyone tell me how can set permanent env-var?

[samuraiBSD]

hey, i tried several times to set permanent environment variable but i failed. everything i did was temp. can anyone tell me how can set permanent env-var?

Try doing it from command line while logged in as root. BTW, what distro are you using?

[Cabhan]

Nope.

Let's say that I want an environment variable called $HELLO, and it contains the value "Hola". I would do this by adding the following line to the ~/.bashrc file:

HELLO=Hola

Basically, add them to ~/.bashrc, and they take effect whenever you login as that user.

To make systemwide changes, do the same thing, but to the /etc/profile file.

[puntmuts]

Slackware used to have a profile directory somewhere in /etc. I assume that didn change. You can add scripts setting environment variables there. Those will be executed during boot.

[y2keyank]

hey Cabhan,
i already know this but the problem is i don't know which part of the file should have this line?
(e.g) this is my ~/.bashrc
--------------------------------------------------
# .bashrc

# User specific aliases and functions

alias rm='rm -i'
alias cp='cp -i'
alias mv='mv -i'

# Source global definitions
if [ -f /etc/bashrc ]; then
. /etc/bashrc
fi
-----------------------------------------------

[Cabhan]

# .bashrc

# User specific aliases and functions

alias rm='rm -i'
alias cp='cp -i'
alias mv='mv -i'

# Source global definitions
if [ -f /etc/bashrc ]; then
. /etc/bashrc
fi

HELLO=Hola

Just add 'em right to the end.