Setting environment variables

[yoshan]

Hi all,

This is a difficulty I came across while installing a application in Ubuntu 8.10. I used to set all the environment variables in .bash_profile. But the installation manual of the application tell to set the env variables in /etc/profile. Pls let me know how to set env variables in /etc/profile. Is it as same as we do in .bash_profile. Also when an application looks for a particular env variable in which place it looks first? /etc/profile or .bash_profile?

cheers

[kal]

As far as I know /etc/profile will have settings for all the users. It's system configuration. If we need some variable to be effected upon only one user it will be or ~/.bash_profile.

This forum post contains some info regarding the process. (Like what about a login shell and not). And it will answer ur question abt "looking for environment variables".

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-general-1/etcprofile-v.s.-etcbashrc-273992/

And there is another interesting question regarding ubuntu environment variables. Better to read it too.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2793

Hope this will answer u..

Kal

[yoshan]

tnks kal for ur reply.

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