Re: X environment variables
On Wed, 2005-03-02 at 01:47 +0200, Gedas wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to add java to my environment PATH variable. Everything
> works fine from gnome-terminal after I add
>
> export JAVA_HOME=/opt/jdk
> export PATH=$PATH:$JAVA_HOME/bin
>
> to my ~/.bashrc or /etc/bash.bashrc.
> But this PATH variable is not accessible from X windows outside
> gnome-terminal. For example when i try to launch some java application
> from my GNOME applications menu java binnary cannot be found.
>
> What is the right place to specify PATH environment variable so that it
> would be accessible by any application inside my X windows session (or
> at least GNOME session)?
In Unix, environment variables are only visible by "parent and
children".
So, you'll have to log out and log back in for them to be visible.
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