How to add /usr/local/bin in $PATH on Mac

Question

When I do 'open .profile' in the terminal I have the following:

export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/git/bin 

Now I installed node.js for Mac and it says,

Make sure that /usr/local/bin is in your $PATH.

How can I add /usr/local/bin to export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/git/bin?

Answer 1

export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/git/bin:/usr/local/bin

One note: you don't need quotation marks here because it's on the right hand side of an assignment, but in general, and especially on Macs with their tradition of spacy pathnames, expansions like $PATH should be double-quoted as "$PATH".

Answer 2

Try placing $PATH at the end.

export PATH=/usr/local/git/bin:/usr/local/bin:$PATH

Answer 3

I've had the same problem with you.

cd to ../etc/ then use ls to make sure your "paths" file is in , vim paths, add "/usr/local/bin" at the end of the file.

Answer 4

To make the edited value of path persists in the next sessions

cd ~/
touch .bash_profile
open .bash_profile

That will open the .bash_profile in editor, write inside the following after adding what you want to the path separating each value by column.

export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/git/bin:/usr/local/bin:

Save, exit, restart your terminal and enjoy

Answer 5

I tend to find this neat

sudo mkdir -p /etc/paths.d   # was optional in my case
echo /usr/local/git/bin  | sudo tee /etc/paths.d/mypath1