add platform to ubuntu

Question

I am new in Ubuntu (come from Windows 7), i want to know how can i add environment variable in Ubuntu, because the platform where i use exaggerate "To compile and run SCA composites with OW2 FraSCAti, you also have to set the FRASCATI_HOME system environment variable. FRASCATI_HOME has to point to the directory where the OW2 FraSCAti runtime distribution was extracted".

And how can i add it to my path "For conveniance, you can add FRASCATI_HOME/bin to your PATH variable to get the frascati command available in the PATH". Please i'am new, could you explain me what i do step by step..

Answer 1

You can add them in /etc/environment.

• Open a terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T).

• Run:

gksudo gedit /etc/enviroment

• Add your variables. For example, if you had to initialize a variable named FOO to some_value, you'd

FOO="some_value"

• Save and exit