Questions tagged [environment-variables]
A set of dynamic variables that can affect the running processes behavior and access to resources.
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Error: no DISPLAY environment variable specified on WSL
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I run Ubuntu using the Windows Subsystem for Linux on a Win11 equipped laptop, I've recently tried to install firefox and open it through the CLI but, whenever i give the firefox command ...
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"sudo command" not working, but after sudo su when I enter command is working [duplicate]
My Ubuntu version is Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS. I have one user (ahmet) and it is member of sudo. I download intellij idea and I want to use its mvn lib for everyone. I edited /etc/bash.bashrc as in this ...
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set variables into PATH in nano .bashrc
It's for a satellite tracking software called STVID. I don't know how to put variables into path while using export in front. It's on Ubuntu.
export ST_DATADIR=$HOME/sattools
export ST_TLEDIR=$HOME/...
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What overwrites an alias created by a file in /etc/profile.d? (environment variables)
I executed the following command to create an alias file in CentOS 7.9:
echo 'alias ll="ls -alhF --color=auto"' > /etc/profile.d/alias-ll.sh
Then once I restarted the shell, "type ...
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Is there a way to dynamically set global environment variables for all users, daemons, and background processes?
I have been trying to reach out to an external data source and dynamically assign the payload contents to environment variables on each startup. I've gotten this half working by running a script in /...
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Setting global environment variables dynamically on startup
I have an Ubuntu 18.04 vm which executes a script via /etc/profile.d. The script reaches out to an external data source (azure, in this case), pulls down some json, and converts it into environment ...
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Firebase private key file as environment variable
I'm very new to Ubuntu and developing a project based on firebase firestore database. Trying to run services on ubuntu server 22.04. I can connect firestore database (in windows I can do this by using ...
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Set LD_LIBRARY_PATH for with symlinks
As per the Ubuntu documentation - the only way to permanently set LD_LIBRARY_PATH is by adding a conf file to /etc/ld.so.conf.d/
If I manually run export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=~/nextcloudapp/squashfs-root/...
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Symlink on /usr/local/bin/ not working
Can someone explain why this is not working??? I don't get it.
$ echo $PATH
/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games
As you can see, I have /usr/local/bin in there.
Then the ...
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Using files in /etc/environment.d
I am trying to setup a brand new installation of Ubuntu 22.10. I need to make some environment variables globally available. I have read in the Man pages that the correct way to do this is to provide ...
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Cannot use ibus on applications
I'm trying to install ibus. I changed my environment variable XMODIFIERS to ibus, then I log out and login, the variable still the old one, its doesn't change. I tried unset it and export it again but ...
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Opening gnome-terminal and running a command that uses environmental variables from .bashrc
I am making a .sh file that would be run by Right click -> Run as program by non-power-users. It should open a terminal window and run a docker run command, that uses some environmental variables.
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DISPLAY and GNOME_SETUP_DISPLAY
I am on Ubuntu 22.04.2, under wayland (xwayland)
I echoed DISPLAY and GNOME_SETUP_DISPLAY, but the values differs.
$DISPLAY=:0
$GNOME_SETUPDISPLAY=:2
I would like to know why mismatches
Why?
And what ...
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KUbuntu 22.04.1, where are these locale variables set?
First time using KUbuntu (22.04.1 LTS); used to use Mate & LUbuntu before.
This is the rxvt-unicode that I'm used to:
This is the new rxvt-unicode in Ubuntu 22.04.1 that I'm having:
Found the ...
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I dont understand how to use JAVA_HOME
The scenario is 1 system user that is running multiple java services that require different java versions... yes it is a Minecraft server... minecraft 1.17+ requires a different version so I need to ...
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How to set PATH, HOME, JAVA_HOME variables correctly for working with maven after Java-JDK installations?
I visited the webpage at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EnvironmentVariables and find out about setting environment variables and local user variables and have got a pretty clear picture. But I am ...
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Ubuntu service file not finding module from environment
My Linux service runs a script that produces an error that a module is not found.
However, when I run the script from the terminal with the python environment activated the script works fine.
I run ...
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How do I "Add the installation prefix of "Tolua++" to CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH"?
I'm trying to create a .deb for a game from its tarball.
(https://github.com/Wargus/stratagus)
I believe I've installed its dependencies, but one I'm suspicious of is tolua++, which is a sort of an ...
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$PATH - No such file or directory (but all files and directories exist)
I am running Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and at first when I was attempting to use a script that would do the following:
. ~/.bashrc
conda activate {env}
I would receive an error that conda init needs to be ...
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adding permanent custom environment path variable
i am trying to create a permanent path variable following this tutorial:
https://youtu.be/JLjF75b-vMI?t=126 everything worked fine and i was able to cd to my newly added variable's directory, however ...
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how to fix wrong ram usage in system monitor with environment variables
when I add environment variables to a program's .desktop shortcut, the program appears to only use around 100-250 kb ram when its using 1-3 gb ram.
this problem appears in the applications tab in ...
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What does ":" do when used in export env variable?
I am just trying to following this post.
I have replaced "/some/directory/" by "/usr/lib/x86_64_linux-gnu/", resulting in
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/lib/...
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Processing files in a directory with variables
This script will be run on Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS
I am new to Ubuntu and scripting, but I have written code and o/s scripts in other o/s (mostly VMS) and C (many years ago). I know Linux often puts ...
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not a valid identifier while exporting path
I have two Cuda installations namely 11.8 and 12, and would like to switch between them without manually editing the .bashrc file and sourcing it again.
For that I have come up with the following ...
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Symmetric private key generation using ESAPI API TPM
I was going through the ESAPI APIs , I have hosted the TPM simulator on my Ubuntu 22.04 desktop and trying to generate the symmetric private key from one C program and another C program using the same ...
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How to store long commands in environment variables in Linux?
I want to simply run the long command below.
docker ps -a --format "table {{.Image}}\t{{.Ports}}"
export view='docker ps -a --format "table {{.Image}}\t{{.Ports}}"'
test
echo $...
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Unable to view the contents of the /etc/environment file
Unable to see the contents of my '/etc/environment' file. I have tried using Vi and vim but still unable to see the contents .
I wanted to add some commands in /environment file to $PATH for which I ...
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Is there a way to set PS4 globally?
I'm testing an elaborate build system which executes a bunch of scripts as the root user with xtrace on (set -x). I do get the debug output that starts with one or more +s, but I would also like to ...
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Environment variable SSH_AUTH_SOCK isn't set
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For public key authentication i use Keepass2 with plugin KeeAgent.
All is right configured in Keepass2/KeeAgent and the key-pair is generated and the pub-key is copied to the server.
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java --version gives error(cannot execute binary file: Exec format error)
I have added JAVA_HOME variable and it gives correct value when I echo it!I also did config java command and chose option auto mode which has high priority. I also set export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH ...
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xrandr Unable to Access Attached Displays from Shell (SSH)
I hope you are smarter than I am. I have an entertainment system running Kodi and I have posted similar questions on the kodi forums without finding any useful answers there. I ask again here because ...
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How to add defined environment variable to a .service file
I'm installing Tomcat and one of the last steps requires to define a .service file for it.
In that file I must define a line with
Environment="JAVA_HOME=path_to_java"
I already have a ...
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$PATH is different for startup programs
I have a .sh file with echo $PATH. When opening a terminal, the PATH is how it is supposed to be, it includes all the additions in .bashrc.
I open the startup menu and set this script to run on ...
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Command 'Go' not found after installing on WSL with Ubuntu 20.04. Go is in $PATH
I've been struggling with this (seemingly) straightforward installation. If I run echo $PATH I get the following as part of the output /usr/local/go/bin:/usr/local/go-1.19.2/bin. What's even more ...
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I need some help and clarify with Python Environment that should communicate with a scripted installer of an SDK
Ubuntu 22.04 (like all other previous versions), comes out with Python already installed by default, in fact if I open the Terminal and type:
cris@cris:~$ python3 -V
Python 3.10.6
So, Phyton is there ...
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How to remove a directory's path from the enviroment variable PATH permanently?
I just removed the miniconda3's folder from home/username/, now i want to remove its path from my $PATH variable permanently.
As you can see below, it's the first one:
/home/username/miniconda3/bin:/...
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Verbosity value used by other bash files
Have set the file opcon.bash where the variable verbos is either undefined or defined to a value of 1 as in the following example. I then source another file console.bash to make it possible to print ...
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Setting a variable whose value can be used in other console terminal sessions
I would like to set a variable whose value can be retained when instantiating another terminal session. What can I use?
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Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS : How can I modify KDE desktop launchers and use my environment variable
Bonjour, I'm relatively new to linux and have some problems.
A) Cannot modify KDE Plasma launchers.
Though I can launch from a terminal session, the modifications I write to the launchers through ...
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Where do the special Environment Variable of HOSTNAME and HOSTTYPE stem from?
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I have an Ubuntu-20.04 LTS Live Server image on a hardware device
Requirements
I wish to set the hostname of a container exactly the same as that of the hostname of the hardware device
Upon ...
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Installing Oracle Developer Studio on Ubuntu, but Java installation was not found on this computer
I am on Ubuntu 22.03.1. I want to use Oracle Developer Studio as Fortran IDE.
I downloaded
OracleDeveloperStudio12.6-linux-x86-rpm.tar.bz2 from here, unzipped it, and trying to execute it's ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 no_proxy seems to be ignored
Proxy has been configured using both the System Settings UI for Network Proxy and the environment variables http_proxy, https_proxy and no_proxy (and also the uppercase versions).
The environment ...
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need to setup environment variables for php code
cloud --- AWS,
server -- ubuntu,
Webserver --apache2,
servers -- UAT and PROD,
In my Organisation we are using source code has Php,And the code consists all api urls ,passwords ,security credentials(...
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How to Compile and Run [package] with Cflags Program on Ubuntu Linux
dear community!
I am going to install ringserver.
instruction tells: after downloading and installing (using 'make' command on terminal) "Compiler options can be tuned by setting the CFLAGS ...
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Passing local environment variables via SSH not working
Running Ubuntu 22 on both local and remote.
I'm trying to pass some environment variables from my local to the remote during ssh; the end goal is being able to define GIT_AUTHOR_NAME as per http://...
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How to find the environment variable for a file?
I am using the custom package manager spack to manage the packages on my system, including gcc.
I have created the exact same spack installation setup on two computers and want to run a software that ...
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What action do I need to take, if any, regarding these Flatpak errors?
I am using Ubuntu 20.04 and just ran a Flatpak update (vers 1.12.7). There were two errors. The first one (re: Freedesktop SDK 19.08 runtime) has shown up randomly lately, but the second one is new. ...
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Use of hidden file in system path
In 20.04 I used .bashrc to include a hidden folder in my system path:
/home/robert/.local/...
Since upgrading to 22.04, it appears that the system no longer searches this folder. Has this changed in ...
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Cannot set JAVA_HOME after installing opendjk with snap
I installed openjdk with sudo snap install openjdk, and
I want to set JAVA_HOME to enable my java related commands in terminal, but it is not working.
I tried the following:
creating a script ...
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What kind of shell is a gnome-terminal started by a desktop file?
I am testing running Ubuntu 22.04. I don't understand why when opening a gnome-terminal using a .desktop file $HOME/.bashrc is not read although when running the same command in an open terminal it ...
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