Help adding directory to PATH environment variable in Ubuntu 16.04

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How do I add "/home/me/pycharm-edu-4.0/bin/" to my PATH environment variable? I've tried what's in How to set $PATH in Ubuntu and What is the PATH environment variable and how do I add to it? but I can't get it to work. What exactly should I change

PATH="$HOME/bin:$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"

to? Or should I comment it out and add a line underneath? I appreciate any help.

Gunnar Hjalmarsson · Accepted Answer · 2017-08-28 00:10:52Z

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You have to use something like:

PATH="$HOME/pycharm-edu-4.0/bin:$PATH"

or:

PATH="$PATH:$HOME/pycharm-edu-4.0/bin"

if you want a higher priority for default paths.

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answered Aug 27, 2017 at 23:11

Ravexina♦

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You left out the $HOME in your suggested paths.
– ubfan1
Aug 27, 2017 at 23:14
Should PATH="$HOME/bin:$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH be changed or must be keept?
– pa4080
Aug 27, 2017 at 23:22
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@pa4080 keep it, add the new line at the end of file.
– Ravexina ♦
Aug 27, 2017 at 23:24
I added quotes. Makes a difference if $HOME or $PATH includes space characters.
– Gunnar Hjalmarsson
Aug 28, 2017 at 0:12
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I tried both lines but neither one worked. I ended up using this solution - confluence.jetbrains.com/display/PYH/… to create a link.
– Savin Wales
Aug 28, 2017 at 4:05

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Shywalker · Accepted Answer · 2018-03-09 09:26:53Z

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1.Open a terminal from the bin directory of pycharm and type

./pycharm.sh

2.Go to Tools>>Create Desktop entry.Now you can just press the windows key and type pycharm to run it

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Eliah Kagan · Accepted Answer · 2019-07-12 16:04:56Z

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Using fish, the other answers didn't work for me.

But this did:

set PATH $PATH /home/me/pycharm-edu-4.0/bin/

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answered Jul 12, 2019 at 15:47

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