I'm trying to follow a course on Udemy (laravel). I just downloaded XAMPP (I'm on macOS Monterey) and I edited the ~/.zshrc file and added export PATH=/Applications/XAMPP/bin
After that I installed composer which worked successfully, but now when I try to run this command: mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer the shell responds with: zsh: command not found: mv.
Does anyone know how to fix this?
You messed up your PATH. Do a
path+=(/Applications/XAMPP/bin)
instead of the export PATH=... you are using now. And since you want to fiddle with the PATH in your .zshrc, I also suggest to do a
typeset -aU path
near the top of your .zshrc to avoid duplicate PATH entries when you launch an interactive subshell.
The file mv was not found in your PATH, is your PATH variable setup correctly?
Enter echo $PATH to see your PATH variable.
Try /bin/mv to see if the binary file exists.
How do some programs seem to add to the $PATH variable without using a .bash_profile file? What are the advantages to these approaches of adding to $PATH variable, but not using a .bash_profile file?
For my mac
echo $PATH returns
/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/Library/TeX/texbin:/Library/Apple/usr/bin
which java returns
/usr/bin/java
which tex returns
/Library/TeX/texbin/tex
How is Java available in the terminal without being in the $PATH variable? (This is an example of something running in the terminal without being in the $PATH variable.)
How did TeX add to the PATH variable without using a .bash_profile file?
What added Library/Apple/usr/bin to the PATH variable? Wikipedia says that only the first three are defaults: /bin, /usr/bin, and /usr/local/bin.
Note: Other StackOverflow posts helped users create a .bash_profile file (a file that doesn't exist by default on a Mac) to run programs such as android and adb when they received -bash: android: command not found
My question is about how the terminal works (like how java is running without being on $PATH) and how other programs (like TeX) added to $PATH without using a file like .bash_profile.
I am running macOS 10.15.5, confirmed that I do not have a .bash_profile file, do have homebrew installed (not sure if that affects anything) and when I open a terminal, it says "The default interactive shell is now zsh." (I think I installed zsh after reading a different StackOverflow a few weeks back.
I'm having trouble with installing Flutter on ubuntu.
Attached is an image of my terminal with the steps I've followed, and the files associated with the flutter directory.
I've followed the steps shown on https://flutter.io/docs/get-started/install/linux and also tried to install with git clone.
https://i.stack.imgur.com/ltmNd.png
I think your problem is in the pwd part of the export command.
Replace the single quotes in 'pwd' with Backtick/back quote (``) like this
export PATH="$PATH:`pwd`/flutter/bin"
EDITED
Above command will just work until you close the terminal.
To make the change permanent you have to edit the .bashrc (or .zshrc, etc), using a text editor like vim, gedit or nano and place the same command at the end of the file.
vim ~/.bashrc or nano ~/.bashrc
Add the next line at the end of the file
# Add flutter to the path
export PATH="$PATH:`pwd`/flutter/bin"
Restart your terminal and verify that your PATH was set correctly with the echo $PATH command
Good luck!!
I am using Linux 18.04 version.
first, add the flutter path in .bash_profile as
export PATH="$PATH:(''flutter path)/flutter/bin"
I have this problem.run the following command in the terminal
source '(flutter path)'.bash_profile'
I have installed the Anaconda for Mac, but there is something wrong with me:
when I type the commandwhich conda or which ipython, I get conda not found and ipython not find
Then I find this command export PATH=~/anaconda/bin:"$PATH" works for me. It solves the problem above, but everytime I rerun the terminal the problem is still there, I have to type it again.
so I want to find a way to solve the problem fundamentally
I have tried to add it into the ~/.bashrc, ~/.profile, ~/.bash_profile, but these don't work for me.
Try this in .bash_profile
export PATH="$HOME/anaconda/bin:$PATH"
Then try launching a new terminal and running:
echo $PATH
The output should start with /anaconda/bin:
If that still doesn't work... A work around might be to invoke bash after running terminal i.e. type "bash". Which should cause bash to launch with .bash_profile
I run on MacOs Catalina 10.15 and this did the trick for me:
shell is zsh !
$ source /Users/myprofilename/anaconda3/bin/activate
then
$ conda init zsh
the new anaconda documentation also highlights this:
Make sure you're not using ZShell or another form of a shell. If the case you'd have to add the path to your respective shell file, e.g .zshrc.
sudo xed /etc/environment
after open this archive add :/home/youruser/anaconda3/bin
If you're using ZShell follow the steps below:
In your terminal type open ~/.zshrc
Add the following to the file export PATH=/opt/homebrew/bin:$PATH
Save your file and then run the following command source ~/.zshrc
Please note that the homebrew path on Apple silicon is /opt/homebrew/bin
I have read several answers on how to set environment variables on OSX permanently.
First, I tried this, How to permanently set $PATH on Linux/Unix but I had an error message saying no such file and directory, so I thought I could try ~/.bash_profile instead of ~/.profile but it did not work.
Second, I found this solution How to set the $PATH as used by applications in os x , which advises to make changes in
~/.MacOSX/environment.plist
but again I had no such file and directory error.
I need a way to set these variables such that it won't require setting them again and again each time I open a new terminal session.
You have to add it to /etc/paths.
Reference (which works for me) : Here
I've found that there are some files that may affect the $PATH variable in macOS (works for me, 10.11 El Capitan), listed below:
As the top voted answer said, vi /etc/paths, which is recommended from my point of view.
Also don't forget the /etc/paths.d directory, which contains files may affect the $PATH variable, set the git and mono-command path in my case. You can ls -l /etc/paths.d to list items and rm /etc/paths.d/path_you_dislike to remove items.
If you're using a "bash" environment (the default Terminal.app, for example), you should check out ~/.bash_profile or ~/.bashrc. There may be not that file yet, but these two files have effects on the $PATH.
If you're using a "zsh" environment (Oh-My-Zsh, for example), you should check out ~./zshrc instead of ~/.bash* thing.
And don't forget to restart all the terminal windows, then echo $PATH. The $PATH string will be PATH_SET_IN_3&4:PATH_SET_IN_1:PATH_SET_IN_2.
Noticed that the first two ways (/etc/paths and /etc/path.d) is in / directory which will affect all the accounts in your computer while the last two ways (~/.bash* or ~/.zsh*) is in ~/ directory (aka, /Users/yourusername/) which will only affect your account settings.
Read more: Mac OS X: Set / Change $PATH Variable - nixCraft
For a new path to be added to PATH environment variable in MacOS just create a new file under /etc/paths.d directory and add write path to be set in the file. Restart the terminal. You can check with echo $PATH at the prompt to confirm if the path was added to the environment variable.
For example: to add a new path /usr/local/sbin to the PATH variable:
cd /etc/paths.d
sudo vi newfile
Add the path to the newfile and save it.
Restart the terminal and type echo $PATH to confirm
You can open any of the following files:
/etc/profile
~/.bash_profile
~/.bash_login (if .bash_profile does not exist)
~/.profile (if .bash_login does not exist)
And add:
export PATH="$PATH:your/new/path/here"
You could also add this
if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
. ~/.bashrc
fi
to ~/.bash_profile, then create ~/.bashrc where you can just add more paths to PATH. An example with .
export PATH=$PATH:.
If you are using zsh do the following.
Open .zshrc file nano $HOME/.zshrc
You will see the commented $PATH variable here
# If you come from bash you might have to change your $PATH.
# export PATH=$HOME/bin:/usr/local/...
Remove the comment symbol(#) and append your new path using a separator(:) like this.
export
PATH=$HOME/bin:/usr/local/bin:/Users/ebin/Documents/Softwares/mongoDB/bin:$PATH
Activate the change source $HOME/.zshrc
You're done !!!
sudo nano /etc/paths
now find the path of command i am giving an example of setting path for flutter.
/Users/username/development/flutter/bin
now cntrol+x and then y . reopen the terminal and check.
launchctl setenv environmentvariablename environmentvariablevalue
or
launchctl setenv environmentvariablename `command that will generate value`
use proper ` and remember to restart application or terminal for the environment variable to take effect.
you can check environment variable by printenv command.
note : environment variable named path is already set by someone else so we are not appending anything to that path at all here.
shows all hidden files like .bash_profile and .zshrc
$ ls -a
Starting with macOS Catalina, mac uses zsh instead of bash. so by default mac uses zsh.
Check which shell running:
$ echo $SHELL
/usr/zsh
$ cd $HOME
$ open -e .zshrc
or if using vim
$ vi .zshrc
Then add it like this
$ export my_var="/path/where/it/exists"
$ export PATH=$PATH:/$my_var/bin
For example: if installed app named: myapp in /Applications
Then
export MYAPP_HOME=/Applications/myapp
export PATH=$PATH:$MYAPP_HOME/bin
or shortcut
export PATH=${PATH}:/Applications/myapp/bin
TADA you set for life !!! Thank me later
19 October 2021.
Confirming iplus26's answer with one correction.
Test environment
OS: macOS 11.6 (Big Sur) x86_64
Shell: zsh 5.8
Below is the order in which the $PATH environment variable is modified:
each line in etc/paths text file gets appended
each line in each text file inside etc/paths.d directory gets appended
finally, the $PATH is further modified in ~/.zshrc
iplus26's answer stated "when (you run) echo $PATH, The $PATH string will be PATH_SET_IN_3&4:PATH_SET_IN_1:PATH_SET_IN_2" but this isn't always the case. It will have to depend on what the script is doing inside .zshrc. E.g. If we do something like
PATH="/new/path:${PATH}"
then, the new path will be in the beginning of the path list. However, if we do something like
PATH="${PATH}:/new/path"
then, the new path will be appended at the end of the path list.
Of course, you'll have to make sure you export the modified path in the ~/.zshrc file.
export PATH=$PATH
One handy command you could use to "pretty print" your path list is
print -l $path
This will print each path on a new line for better readability. Note $path is like $PATH except it's delimited by a single space, instead of a colon, :.
Hopefully this can further clarify for newcomers to this thread.
For setting up path in Mac two methods can be followed.
Creating a file for variable name and paste the path there under
/etc/paths.d and source the file to profile_bashrc.
Export path variable in ~/.profile_bashrc as
export VARIABLE_NAME = $(PATH_VALUE)
AND source the the path. Its simple and stable.
You can set any path variable by Mac terminal or in linux also.