Question

I am trying to get IntelliJ to understand where the path variable M2_HOME is, obviously I am failing. I have added it in the .bashrc but after what I read from other posts this on sets the variable in the CLI. Where should I add it, and so it is set each time I login?

I have read the other StackOverflow posts about the topic but I don’t understand where I should add it.

Answer 1

To set it you can either edit your ~/.MacOSX/environment.plist to add your env variables (such as M2_HOME)

Here is mine :

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>M2_HOME</key>
    <string>/usr/local/Cellar/maven/2.2.1/libexec</string>
</dict>
</plist>

Or you can set it manually in IntelliJ’s configuration:

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• Setting environment variables in OS X?
• Maven home (M2_HOME) not being picked up by IntelliJ IDEA

Resources:

• developer.apple.com – Setting environment variables for user processes