How Do I Permanently Add a Path in Linux?

To make the change permanent, enter the command PATH=$PATH:/opt/bin into your home directory’s . bashrc file. When you do this, you’re creating a new PATH variable by appending a directory to the current PATH variable, $PATH .

How do I permanently add a path?

3 Answers

1. Open a terminal window using Ctrl+Alt+T.
2. Run the command gedit ~/.profile.
3. Add the line. export PATH=$PATH:/media/De Soft/mongodb/bin. to the bottom and save.
4. Log out and log in again.

27 мар. 2017 г.

How do you add a file path in Linux?

Linux

1. Open the . bashrc file in your home directory (for example, /home/your-user-name/. bashrc ) in a text editor.
2. Add export PATH=”your-dir:$PATH” to the last line of the file, where your-dir is the directory you want to add.
3. Save the . bashrc file.
4. Restart your terminal.