[SOLVED] Cannot add environment variables in linux

Issue

For an entire day I have been tryng to add an environment variable to linux ad it isn't working. This is the rel="nofollow">guide that I am following. This is what is written in the .profile file.

# if running bash
if [ -n "$BASH_VERSION" ]; then
    # include .bashrc if it exists
    if [ -f "$HOME/.bashrc" ]; then
    . "$HOME/.bashrc"
    fi
fi

# set PATH so it includes user's private bin if it exists
if [ -d "$HOME/bin" ] ; then
    PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"
fi
JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/java/jdk1.8.0_51
JRE_HOME=$JAVA_HOME/jre
LARAVEL=/home/user/.composer/vendor/bin
PATH=$PATH:$JAVA_HOME/bin:$JRE_HOME/bin:$LARAVEL
export JAVA_HOME
export JRE_HOME
export LARAVEL
export PATH

I am running the file. But when I run echo $PATH I am not getting the $LARAVEL path. What am I doing wrong?

Solution

Have you logged out and logged in? Also try to update your .bashrc file instead. I think that .profile is only used for the ksh shell.

Answered By - ojblass

Answer Checked By - Katrina (WPSolving Volunteer)