When I make a change in my ~/.bash_profile file and I add such a variable as:
export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/.composer/vendor/bin"
And after save and close, I need to reflect these changes in my $PATH variable. To do that, I'm doing
source .bash_profile.
When I echo my $PATH variable, the above added path is shown, but when I logout and login again, these changes aren't reflected..
Isn't it so that on each login, the .bash_profile gets reread?
open .bachrc file and write it in it:
type gedit ~/.bashrc in terminal
copy and paste this line at the end of the file(one new line):
PATH="$PATH:$HOME/.composer/vendor/bin"
this way the path will be available every time you open terminal
besides this, you can also store some variables. for example, add a="this a variable" add the end of file. this variable will be available every time you open terminal. to check type echo $a
You shoud write it in your ~/.bashrc not in your ~/.bach_profile, then it should work
As others have said, you may want to edit ~/.bashrc instead. Just want to mention that if you want the modified PATH to be available also in the graphical environment, you should edit ~/.profile rather than ~/.bashrc.
