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Asked: 2026-05-11T06:24:13+00:00

I recently installed the Macports port of Ruby19 and it’s changed my environment settings

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I recently installed the Macports port of Ruby19 and it’s changed my environment settings to point to opt/local in the first instance rather than usr/local where I have my standard 1.8.7 install.

I’ve tried updating my ~/.profile by adding the usual export PATH etc. as the last line but to no avail. I have to run the .profile file each time I open a new terminal window/tab and it’s fast becoming a royal pita.

I’m fairly noob to OS X so can anyone point me in the right direction, please?

Is there a way to edit the environment.plist directly? Is there a better way to do this? As a side topic (if such things are allowed), can anyone recommend some good resources for learning more about the inner workings of OS X?

Thanks in advance.

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  1. bash on Mac OS X prefers ‘.bash_profile’ instead of ‘.profile’. Try that.

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