How to permanently set an environment variable

Question

I am completely new to Ubuntu, and I would permanently set an environment variable. I have read here that I have to set ~/.profile, but I don't know how to apply it. In my case I would permanently set export PATH="/home/name/anaconda/bin:$PATH", how could I do?

Answer 1

• Open a terminal window with Ctrl+Alt+T.

• Open the file for editing with

  gedit ~/.profile
  

• Add the command to the bottom of the file.

• Save and close gedit.

• Log out and log in again.