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I am not asking how to change the path for mac OS X terminal windows.

I am having this problem, and I’d like to be able to launch by clicking. It does work if I open it in a terminal window (since the path is set correctly).

I have tried adding a path variable to ~/.MacOSX/environment.plist but to no avail.

How can I change the path for the current user in Mac OS X?

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  • Where is git installed? Commented Jan 19, 2010 at 0:39
  • Chealion, git is installed in its default location on OSX /usr/local/git/bin Commented Jan 19, 2010 at 2:27
  • Um. Generally /usr/local is for stuff that isn't default. That is you put "local" installations there... A lot of tarbals configure to go there by default but that is not an OS decision. Commented Jan 19, 2010 at 3:28
  • Sorry, I meant that the installer for my Git install (which is the most common one) installed there by default. It's true that my OS had git in another location originally, I think, right? Commented Jan 19, 2010 at 11:10

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Add a file with your desired path in it (e.g. /opt/local/bin) to the directory /etc/paths.d. This method is how TeXLive does it. You can also add your manpath to /etc/manpaths.d this way.

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  • excellent. I've marked it as "should be on superuser" :)... I'll check it out. +1 for now. Commented Jan 18, 2010 at 22:37
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    This worked. I ended up using setenv PATH $PATH:/usr/local/git/bin/ in my /etc/launchd.conf. I did reboot, though perhaps it wasn't necessary. Thanks! Commented Jan 19, 2010 at 12:06
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    Ack! Okay, try this. Add your path to /etc/paths Commented Jan 19, 2010 at 15:10
  • NM. Instead, add a file in /etc/paths.d that has your path in it. Commented Jan 19, 2010 at 15:12
  • I've corrected my answer. Commented Jan 19, 2010 at 15:20

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