How To Save Path when setting new env variable!!

Question

Hello all,
I am trying to learn how to properly include something in my path. When I run the command echo $PATH, I get /Xcode3.12/usr/bin:/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbi n:/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/opt/local/bin:/ opt/local/sbin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11/bin,,,,,how ever, as soon as I leave the Terminal and relaunch it and retype the echo $PATH command I no longer see what I just included in the path before logging out. This is what i do first:
export PATH=/Xcode3.12/usr/bin:${PATH}
export PATH
export MANPATH=/Xcode3.12/usr/share/man:{MANPATH}
export PATH
After typing this in the Terminal, I exit the Terminal and it is no longer there. Can anyone explain to me how I go about saving this so it remains permanently part of the PATH. The reason why I'm asking about this is I am trying to install OpenMotif and it is asking me to add the lib path to the DYLDLIBRARYPATH envi.,, I have no idea what this is. Any help would be greratly appreciated.
Best Regards,
freesparks

Answer 1

freesparks wrote:
I did as you said and now each time I launch a new Terminal window this is what I'm getting:
Last login: Thu Feb 18 15:36:30 on console
-bash: /sw/bin:/sw/sbin:/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin: /opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/opt/local/bin:/op t/local/sbin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11/bin:/usr/X11R 6/bin:/Xcode3.12/usr/bin:/Xcode3.12/usr/share/man: No such file or directory
You are going to have to post the contents of your .bash_profile file. Make sure to put it between two lines of:
so it will display nicely here in the forums.
Is this normal? And, if it isn't how do I undo it? This is the result ourcing the new .bash_profile file.
It isn't normal. You have some duplicates in there. Still, you have at least two different ports packages in there. Even when correct, your path is going to be pretty long.
You normally shouldn't source .bash_profile. It is loaded automatically when you login. If you keep source-ing it, it will just keep adding junk to your path and other variables.
When hacking around on these files, it is best to keep several (or at least two) terminal windows open. That way, you can hack up a file, then open a new window to check it out. If that new window hangs entirely, you still have one functional window where you can fix it.
checking for Motif headers... configure: error: ** NO MOTIF HEADERS FOUND ** install Motif development headers or use --with-motif-includes to specify location of Xm/Xm.h
sudo /opt/local/bin/port install curl imagemagick openmotif pcre db42 lcms proj gdal libpng libxml2 shapelib libgeotiff
That sounds like you are doing my job!
You don't need curl, it comes with the OS. You don't need libxml2, that comes with the OS too. Same for pcre.
I know imagemagick builds right out of the box on MacOS X. I'm still not convinced you need openmotif. If you do, doug has posted a link to the official installer package for it.
Error: You cannot install fontconfig for the architecture(s) x86_64 because
Error: its dependency expat only contains the architecture(s) i386.
It sounds like the ports packages are all screwed up.
I wasn't kidding about you doing my job. Those are all the tools I use on a daily basis. Normally I work in Linux, but I am supposed to be getting a new Mac soon that I can use for local development. I plan to be building all those tools on my machine, but I won't use any porting package. So, I'll be glad to help you install them, because I need to install them myself (I've already done ImageMagick - it was easy). But I can't fix bugs in the ports packages.