set path variable

Source: https://stackabuse.com/how-to-permanently-set-path-in-linux/

decision

variable needed system wide : edit /etc/profile

variable needed user only: edit ~/profile

variables temporary for terminal session: run export PATH="$PATH:<path to new binary>"

The following procedure is ok for all files in the table, except for the /etc/enviroment file.

export is not needed necessarily. It just defines the variable for subprocesses as well.

Add Path with:

export PATH="$PATH:<path to new binary>:<..another path>"

for example:

export PATH="$PATH:/home/tomahawk/tools/jdk1.8.0_92/bin"

and reload the file with the source command afterwards. For example like this:

source ~/.profile

Exception is /etc/enviroment file which does not get executed. Here you need to add the path manually into the string.