Comments on: OS X: Change your PATH environment variable

By: Sachin khosla

Sachin khosla — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 12:03:05 +0000

You may simply do – sudo vi /etc/paths

By: split

split — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 20:10:38 +0000

works great!
thank you very much!

By: mike

mike — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 01:21:17 +0000

very well explained, thank you

By: Sdlfkjsdlfksjdf

Sdlfkjsdlfksjdf — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 00:46:00 +0000

I did all that’s posted here and PATH is unchanged.
Mac must be more fail than I initially thought.

By: Andreas Hagemann

Andreas Hagemann — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 19:45:00 +0000

How do I create a .profile file.

//PC-user for 20 years…

By: Rara

Rara — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 04:23:00 +0000

close terminal and reopen and the changes should be saved.

By: Tired Of Knowitalls

Tired Of Knowitalls — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 22:09:00 +0000

This is not wrong.

The same path variable is not always desired for all users. And… not everyone uses pico.

Only use /etc/paths:
1) If you are SURE of what you are doing
2) You read what you edited/typed at least twice
3) and if ALL users on that machine need the same stuff in their path variable.

So there.

By: fx-mike

fx-mike — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 14:32:00 +0000

If you do not have a .profile file, then just create one (in your home directory of course)

By: Mitur Binesderti

Mitur Binesderti — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:09:00 +0000

Sorry but this is completely wrong and there is no .profile file. This must be REALLY old or something.

To ACTUALLY change your path type: sudo pico /etc/paths

You can then edit your path variable and it will be remembered and usable by all users.

By: Frederik

Frederik — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 21:22:00 +0000

I found the path files at /etc/paths Hope this works for you.