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Not able to set environment variables using .profile file.
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<blockquote data-quote="Shambhavi" data-source="post: 201392"><p>Hi,</p><p>I am trying to install Qt3.3.6 on my system. This requires a few variables to be set.</p><p></p><p>Now the install manual instructs to create a .profile file (since my</p><p>shell is bash) and set the environment variables there.</p><p>I created the .profile in /Users/xyz as follows:</p><p></p><p>QTDIR=/Developer/qt</p><p>PATH=$QTDIR/bin<img src="/mac_images/images/smilies/Money-Mouth.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":$" title="Money Mouth :$" data-shortname=":$" />PATH</p><p>DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=$QTDIR/lib<img src="/mac_images/images/smilies/Money-Mouth.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":$" title="Money Mouth :$" data-shortname=":$" />DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH</p><p></p><p>export QTDIR PATH DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH</p><p></p><p>I saved the .profile file and did a reboot. But the env variables have</p><p>not been set?</p><p>What is going wrong?</p><p>In the terminal $QTDIR is empty and the env command gives the following output:</p><p></p><p>TERM_PROGRAM=Apple_Terminal</p><p>TERM=xterm-color</p><p>SHELL=/bin/bash</p><p>TERM_PROGRAM_VERSION=133</p><p>USER=xyz</p><p>__CF_USER_TEXT_ENCODING=0x1F5:0:0</p><p>PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin</p><p>PWD=/Users/xyz</p><p>SHLVL=1</p><p>HOME=/Users/xyz</p><p>LOGNAME=xyz</p><p>SECURITYSESSIONID=584bf0</p><p>_=/usr/bin/env</p><p></p><p>Why are the variables $QTDIR and $PATH not updated?</p><p>How do I set these variables?</p><p></p><p>Please help I am newbie to Mac!</p><p></p><p>Thanks in advance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shambhavi, post: 201392"] Hi, I am trying to install Qt3.3.6 on my system. This requires a few variables to be set. Now the install manual instructs to create a .profile file (since my shell is bash) and set the environment variables there. I created the .profile in /Users/xyz as follows: QTDIR=/Developer/qt PATH=$QTDIR/bin:$PATH DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=$QTDIR/lib:$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH export QTDIR PATH DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH I saved the .profile file and did a reboot. But the env variables have not been set? What is going wrong? In the terminal $QTDIR is empty and the env command gives the following output: TERM_PROGRAM=Apple_Terminal TERM=xterm-color SHELL=/bin/bash TERM_PROGRAM_VERSION=133 USER=xyz __CF_USER_TEXT_ENCODING=0x1F5:0:0 PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin PWD=/Users/xyz SHLVL=1 HOME=/Users/xyz LOGNAME=xyz SECURITYSESSIONID=584bf0 _=/usr/bin/env Why are the variables $QTDIR and $PATH not updated? How do I set these variables? Please help I am newbie to Mac! Thanks in advance. [/QUOTE]
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