How to create a system-wide environmental variable?

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I want to set an environmental variable that all users will have, where do I do this?

This is for users who login and also for certain processes that run under an account.

possible duplicated: http://askubuntu.com/q/24937/62483 – Lucio Jun 05 '13 at 02:34 — Lucio, Jun 05 '13 at 02:34

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 05 '13 at 02:30

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You can set it in /etc/bash.bashrc

It will be available for all the users in the machine.

answered Jun 05 '13 at 02:30

s.m

so it will require a reboot then right for processes that run under accounts? – Blankman Jun 05 '13 at 02:39
you dont have to reboot after setting it just run this command "source /etc/bash.bashrc" and your environment variable will be available for use – s.m Jun 05 '13 at 02:45

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