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phil1995

macrumors member
Original poster
Aug 4, 2008
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I am trying to add a root path to my system for my android sdk. I created a .bash_profile under the ~/ and the contents are as below:

export PATH={PATH}:/Users/phil/android-sdk-mac_x86-1.5_r2/tools
export PATH={PATH}:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11/bin

However, if I type "echo $PATH" I get the following:

{PATH}:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11/bin

How can I get the "export "export PATH={PATH}:/Users/phil/android-sdk-mac_x86-1.5_r2/tools" to show up as a path?
 

angelwatt

Moderator emeritus
Aug 16, 2005
7,852
9
USA
Like so,
Code:
export PATH=[B]$[/B]PATH:/Users/phil/android-sdk-mac_x86-1.5_r2/tools
export PATH=[B]$[/B]PATH:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11/bin
 
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