On Wed, 2005-01-19 at 08:11 -0800, Ibrahim Mubarak wrote: > Here is my script: > [QUOTE] > #!/bin/bash > export PKG_CONFIG_PATH='/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig':$PKG_CONFIG_PATH > echo $PKG_CONFIG_PATH > > [/QUOTE] I can't tell for sure but are you using back quotes in the EXPORT line?