How to set environment variables permanently in Mac OS 10.15.6?

Question

I have tried all approaches I can find online, but none of them works.

I want to set JAVA_HOME and PATH environment variables permanently, so that in IntelliJ I can issue commands like "mvn".

I have written my script into .bash_profile as shown below: screenshot

But after I restarted my Mac and issued echo $JAVA_HOME, the output is still empty.

I also tried launchd.conf as said in this answer, but it didn't work either.

Could someone help me here? Thanks in advance!

@AnggrayudiH Yes I think so. When I issue command `mvn -v` in the terminal, the output is `zsh: command not found: mvn`. — Tirion, Aug 28 '20 at 13:01
@AnggrayudiH Thank you so much! I just solved the problem based on the hint given by you. — Tirion, Aug 28 '20 at 13:20
@Tirion did you solve this issue? I am now having the same problem — Jane Doe, Apr 28 '21 at 21:55
@JaneDoe Yes. It was stupid actually. My Mac uses `zsh`, but I put the variables in the profile for `bash`... After I wrote the variables in the correct profile for zsh, it works. — powerseed, Apr 30 '21 at 23:05

Kamal Lama · Answer 1 · 2020-08-28T13:47:50.220

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For osx add this in your ~/.profile or if you are using zsh inside ~/.zshrc

export JAVA_HOME=/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/amazon-corretto-8.jdk/Contents/Home

restart your terminal or simply apply your changes

source ~/.profile

refer this to know more about related to this question & also refer this to know more about installation process of Amazon Corretto 8.

If you are using zsh you can import .profile config inside ~/.zprofile

emulate sh
. ~/.profile
emulate zsh

edited Aug 28 '20 at 13:47

answered Aug 27 '20 at 18:32

Kamal Lama

@Tirion I have updated the answer. Would you, please, try that and let me know if it works for you. – Kamal Lama Aug 28 '20 at 02:58
Sorry it still doesn't work. The problem is not what is the content of the `.profile` file, it is the file doesn't write anything into env variable at all. Thanks for your reply anyway. – Tirion Aug 28 '20 at 13:07

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 28 '20 at 14:11

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Check your enviroment variables with

env

then check if your config files are in the right directory. Read /etc/profile e.g.

nano /etc/profile

There can you find the path to bashrc file

answered Aug 28 '20 at 14:11

Luis Galaz

2 Answers2