PATH variable

Setting PATH in OSX:

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Find the required location of the file, eg. java. Put the directory into the PATH variable.

touch ~/.bash_profile

open ~/.bash_profile

PATH=/opt/local/lib:/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/bin:/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/sw/bin:/sw/sbin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/git/bin:/usr/texbin:/usr/X11/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin

source ~/.bash_profile

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