Setting environment variables

The installation program The installation program automatically sets most of the environment variables it needs, such as PATH, as part of the unloading process. The installation program also unloads .sh and .csh files, which contain the environment variables you must set manually before you can configure and successfully run Open Client components.

Bourne and C shell files

The installation program The installer unloads Bourne shell and C shell files containing environment variables in:

To set the environment variables, either:

StepsUpdating the RUN environment immediately

  1. In a Bourne shell, enter:

    cd /Applications/Sybase
    . SYBASE.sh
    
  2. In a C shell, enter:

    cd /Applications/Sybase
    source SYBASE.csh
    

Note/Applications/Sybase is the default location for $SYBASE. If you want to change the target directory during installation, use /my/preferred/sybase_home instead.