I have to type export PATH=~/anaconda/bin:"$PATH" everytime I rerun the terminal

Question

I have installed the Anaconda for Mac, but there is something wrong with me:

when I type the commandwhich conda or which ipython, I get conda not found and ipython not find

Then I find this command export PATH=~/anaconda/bin:"$PATH" works for me. It solves the problem above, but everytime I rerun the terminal the problem is still there, I have to type it again.

so I want to find a way to solve the problem fundamentally

I have tried to add it into the ~/.bashrc, ~/.profile, ~/.bash_profile, but these don't work for me.

See [How to make OS X to read .bash_profile not .profile file](http://stackoverflow.com/q/18773051) — Cristian Ciupitu, Jan 29 '16 at 03:59
Use `PS4=':${BASH_SOURCE}:${LINENO}+' bash -l -x` to get a trace of which of your dotfiles are run in what order. Look through that trace to see where PATH is being set and re-set. — Charles Duffy, Jan 29 '16 at 04:08
...wouldn't be surprised at all if your code is running correctly, but something is overwriting its changes later in execution; collecting the trace, as above, will show that. — Charles Duffy, Jan 29 '16 at 04:09
BTW, I'd argue that this question is substantially mistagged. It has nothing to do with python, or ipython, or anaconda -- you'd have the exact same behavior adding any other directory to your PATH whether or not it related to this software, and subject-matter expertise on those subjects doesn't make it at all easier for someone to answer this question. — Charles Duffy, Jan 29 '16 at 04:10
Indeed, I'd argue that it's not specific to development tools at all, and belongs on SuperUser rather than StackOverflow (since folks can need to change PATH for all manner of non-development-related reasons). — Charles Duffy, Jan 29 '16 at 04:11
@CharlesDuffy ok, thank you very much! I will do better next time — Ghrua, Jan 29 '16 at 04:40
@herokingsley yes, I have tried, but it have the same problem — Ghrua, Jan 29 '16 at 04:41
...btw, have you had a chance to run that trace? I'm curious as to whether it's illuminating. — Charles Duffy, Jan 29 '16 at 04:43
@Hua.L, this is a case where an off-site pastebin-type facility (ideally without ads, such as https://gist.github.com/ or http://ix.io/) is probably appropriate, if the log is too long to edit into the question. — Charles Duffy, Jan 29 '16 at 05:11
@CharlesDuffy ...ok, I am sorry. https://gist.github.com/AGrowingTree/03127a7284977c9849ba — Ghrua, Jan 29 '16 at 05:21
@CharlesDuffy May I have your e-mail address？ this is mine: waajoenglei@gmail.com — Ghrua, Jan 29 '16 at 05:26
From that log, everything looks fine. Did you log out and back in (to activate changes to `~/.bash_profile`), or are you only activating a terminal window? I'd also suggest checking that your shell really is bash -- if you changed to zsh, fish, or similar, that would explain it. — Charles Duffy, Jan 29 '16 at 15:13
@CharlesDuffy yeh...the problem is that I use the zsh yesterday.... and thank you for your help! — Ghrua, Jan 30 '16 at 12:38

Zv_oDD · Accepted Answer · 2017-08-09T05:25:08.957

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Try this in .bash_profile

export PATH="$HOME/anaconda/bin:$PATH"

Then try launching a new terminal and running:

echo $PATH

The output should start with /anaconda/bin:

If that still doesn't work... A work around might be to invoke bash after running terminal i.e. type "bash". Which should cause bash to launch with .bash_profile

edited Aug 09 '17 at 05:25

answered Jan 29 '16 at 03:58

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I get /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin after call echo, but it still doesn't work – Ghrua Jan 29 '16 at 04:05
Thanks for your help – Ghrua Jan 29 '16 at 04:16
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add `export PATH=~/anaconda3/bin:$PATH` to ~/.bash_profile, and open a new terminal, it works – Belter Feb 24 '17 at 12:17
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For me, I had to add the line `export PATH="$HOME/anaconda/bin:$PATH"` to **_~/.bashrc_** instead. This was the only way to make it work. – Nike Sprite Mar 26 '18 at 14:51

score 9 · Answer 2 · edited Dec 18 '19 at 02:55

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I run on MacOs Catalina 10.15 and this did the trick for me: shell is zsh !

$ source /Users/myprofilename/anaconda3/bin/activate

then

$ conda init zsh

the new anaconda documentation also highlights this:

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Kevin Hernandez

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answered Dec 17 '19 at 20:54

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I suppose problem was due to zsh – Sultan1991 Jan 25 '20 at 17:12

score 3 · Answer 3 · edited Jan 08 '18 at 18:48

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Make sure you're not using ZShell or another form of a shell. If the case you'd have to add the path to your respective shell file, e.g .zshrc.

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score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 11 '17 at 01:36

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sudo xed /etc/environment

after open this archive add :/home/youruser/anaconda3/bin

answered Dec 11 '17 at 01:36

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Dec 30 '20 at 07:03

If you're using ZShell follow the steps below:

In your terminal type open ~/.zshrc
Add the following to the file export PATH=/opt/homebrew/bin:$PATH
Save your file and then run the following command source ~/.zshrc

Please note that the homebrew path on Apple silicon is /opt/homebrew/bin

I have to type export PATH=~/anaconda/bin:"$PATH" everytime I rerun the terminal

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