You Asked: How Do You Create an Environment Variable in Linux?

How do I create an environment variable in Linux?

To make an environment persistent for a user’s environment, we export the variable from the user’s profile script.

1. Open the current user’s profile into a text editor. vi ~/.bash_profile.
2. Add the export command for every environment variable you want to persist. export JAVA_HOME=/opt/openjdk11.
3. Save your changes.

How do you create an environment variable?

To create or modify environment variables on Windows:

1. Right-click the Computer icon and choose Properties, or in Windows Control Panel, choose System.
2. Choose Advanced system settings. …
3. On the Advanced tab, click Environment Variables. …
4. Click New to create a new environment variable.