macenv

Set environment variables for GUI applications in macOS.

Install/Update

sudo curl -sfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yuezk/macenv/main/macenv -o /usr/local/bin/macenv
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/macenv

Usage

macenv set JAVA_HOME /path/to/java/home

Then relaunch your GUI apps to make them aware. For command line apps, launch a new Terminal session.

NOTE: The environment variables set by this tool will be persisted during OS restarting. If you found it doesn’t take effect after the OS restarts, please try to relaunch your GUI applications because there is some delay before the environment variables take effect.

View the available options with macenv --help.

Uninstall

macenv --uninstall
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/bin/macenv

LICENSE

MIT License