Setting an Environment Variable on Unix / Linux using InstallAnywhere

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Set System Environment Variable action on Unix / Linux systems.

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This article talks about the Set System Environment Variable action on Unix / Linux systems.

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When using InstallAnywhere, the Set System Environment Variable action in the Install sequence can be used to create or set system environment variables for Current User or All Users. On Unix / Linux systems, the action writes the environment variable to different files.

For bash shell, if the variable is set for Current User, the installer first tries to write to the .bash_profile file in the user?s home directory. If the .bash_profile is not present, it tries to write to .bash_login file in the user?s home directory. If the bash_login file is not present, it writes to .profile file in the user?s home directory.

For bash shell, if the variable is set for All Users, installer writes to /etc/profile file.

On Unix / Linux, after the installer sets the environment variable and installation completes, the user needs to log out and log back in to the system to make the environment variable available. To make the environment variable available immediately after install, one can use the unix command below. For example, if the environment variable is written to the /etc/profile file, use the following command:

source /etc/profile

However, note that this will only make the change to the current working shell.

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For other shells such as sh, csh, and ksh, the installer may write to .profile in the user?s home directory or /etc/profile.

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