[SOLVED] Adding a new entry to the PATH variable in ZSH

Issue

I'm using zsh and I'm trying to add a new entry (/home/david/pear/bin) to the PATH variable but I don't know how.

The thing that confuses me the most is that there's not a single reference to a PATH variable in my ~/.zshrc file, but doing echo $PATH returns:

/usr/lib/lightdm/lightdm:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games

So a PATH variable is being set somewhere.

Solution

Here, add this line to .zshrc:

export PATH=/home/david/pear/bin:$PATH

EDIT: This does work, but ony's answer below is better, as it takes advantage of the structured interface ZSH provides for variables like $PATH. This approach is standard for bash, but as far as I know, there is no reason to use it when ZSH provides better alternatives.

Answered By - Linuxios