Perma enviroment vars in ubuntu

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how do i do this? ^^

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You need to export them in a source file

Are you using bash? Or is it zsh?

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what is zsh?

i assume bash since i don't know what that means

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Bash and zsh are two different shells

They're the programs your terminal sends input to

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idrk tbh, im using a contabo server and putty thats about as much as i can tell you lmao

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You should be able to do echo $SHELL to see what shell is being run

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/bin/bash

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So you're using bash

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yeah

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You should have a .bashrc file in your user's root directory

Add the environment variable exports there

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how do i do that?

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It's just a shell script

So you set the envvars the same way you would in the terminal

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i dont even know how to do that, this is my first time using linux

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export NAME="Some value"

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so if i just type that its perma?

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In your bashrc it'll be available in your shell sessions

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alright

still a bit confused tbh but i guess i will see if using export works

wait

so i have to edit .bashrc and then add the export lines in there?

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Yes

That'll make those environment variables available any time your user starts a bash shell session

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ohhh alright

how do i edit the file?

i tried some command like gedit but it dosent work

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With a text editor

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shall i open it in winscp?

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I just do vim ~/.bashrc or nano ~/.bashrc

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alr

tysm

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You'll have to restart your shell or re-source the rc file.