Setting PATH environment variable in OSX permanently
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 thegit
andmono-command
path in my case. You canls -l /etc/paths.d
to list items andrm /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
You have to add it to /etc/paths
.
Reference (which works for me) : Here