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Changing the PATH variable on FReeBSD

I am trying to install Maven on FreeBSD (version 10.0-RELEASE-p7) using the following documentation

http://books.sonatype.com/mvnref-book/reference/installation-sect-maven-install.html

I am using 'setenv' instead of 'export' to set my variables. However when I try to add maven to my path I get the following error 

setenv: Variable name must contain alphanumeric characters.

This is the command I am trying to use

setenv PATH=${M2_HOME}/bin:${PATH}

Anybody knows a workaround?

Solution

  • The correct syntax for the setenv command in the C shell is

    setenv VAR "value"