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<span id="id1"></span><h1>Environment Variables<a class="headerlink" href="#environment-variables" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
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<p class="topic-title first">Contents</p>
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<li><a class="reference internal" href="#environment-variables" id="id2">Environment Variables</a><ul>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#setting-environment-variables-in-linux-and-os-x" id="id3">Setting environment variables in Linux and OS-X</a><ul>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="#bash-ksh" id="id4">BASH/KSH</a></li>
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<li><a class="reference internal" href="#setting-environment-variables-in-windows" id="id6">Setting environment variables in windows</a></li>
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<dl class="envvar">
<dt id="envvar-HOME">
<code class="descname">HOME</code><a class="headerlink" href="#envvar-HOME" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>The user’s home directory. On linux, <span class="target" id="index-0"></span><a class="reference internal" href="#envvar-HOME"><code class="xref std std-envvar docutils literal"><span class="pre">~</span></code></a> is shorthand for <span class="target" id="index-1"></span><a class="reference internal" href="#envvar-HOME"><code class="xref std std-envvar docutils literal"><span class="pre">HOME</span></code></a>.</p>
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<dt id="envvar-PATH">
<code class="descname">PATH</code><a class="headerlink" href="#envvar-PATH" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>The list of directories searched to find executable programs</p>
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<dl class="envvar">
<dt id="envvar-PYTHONPATH">
<code class="descname">PYTHONPATH</code><a class="headerlink" href="#envvar-PYTHONPATH" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>The list of directories that is added to Python’s standard search list when
importing packages and modules</p>
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<dt id="envvar-MPLCONFIGDIR">
<code class="descname">MPLCONFIGDIR</code><a class="headerlink" href="#envvar-MPLCONFIGDIR" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>This is the directory used to store user customizations to matplotlib, as
well as some caches to improve performance. If <span class="target" id="index-2"></span><a class="reference internal" href="#envvar-MPLCONFIGDIR"><code class="xref std std-envvar docutils literal"><span class="pre">MPLCONFIGDIR</span></code></a> is not
defined, <code class="file docutils literal"><em><span class="pre">HOME</span></em><span class="pre">/.matplotlib</span></code> is used if it is writable.
Otherwise, the python standard library <code class="xref py py-func docutils literal"><span class="pre">tempfile.gettmpdir()</span></code> is
used to find a base directory in which the <code class="file docutils literal"><span class="pre">matplotlib</span></code>
subdirectory is created.</p>
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<dt id="envvar-MPLBACKEND">
<code class="descname">MPLBACKEND</code><a class="headerlink" href="#envvar-MPLBACKEND" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>This optional variable can be set to choose the matplotlib backend. Using the
<code class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">-d</span></code> command line parameter or the <a class="reference internal" href="../api/matplotlib_configuration_api.html#matplotlib.use" title="matplotlib.use"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal"><span class="pre">use()</span></code></a> function will
override this value. See <a class="reference internal" href="usage_faq.html#what-is-a-backend"><span class="std std-ref">What is a backend?</span></a>.</p>
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<span id="setting-linux-osx-environment-variables"></span><h2>Setting environment variables in Linux and OS-X<a class="headerlink" href="#setting-environment-variables-in-linux-and-os-x" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>To list the current value of <span class="target" id="index-3"></span><a class="reference internal" href="#envvar-PYTHONPATH"><code class="xref std std-envvar docutils literal"><span class="pre">PYTHONPATH</span></code></a>, which may be empty, try:</p>
<div class="highlight-default"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>echo $PYTHONPATH
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<p>The procedure for setting environment variables in depends on what your default
shell is. <strong class="program">BASH</strong> seems to be the most common, but <strong class="program">CSH</strong> is
also common. You should be able to determine which by running at the command
prompt:</p>
<div class="highlight-default"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>echo $SHELL
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<p>To create a new environment variable:</p>
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<p>To prepend to an existing environment variable:</p>
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<p>The search order may be important to you, do you want <code class="file docutils literal"><span class="pre">~/bin</span></code> to
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variable:</p>
<div class="highlight-default"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>export PATH=${PATH}:~/bin
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<p>To make your changes available in the future, add the commands to your
<code class="file docutils literal"><span class="pre">~/.bashrc</span></code> file.</p>
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<h3>CSH/TCSH<a class="headerlink" href="#csh-tcsh" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
<p>To create a new environment variable:</p>
<div class="highlight-default"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">setenv</span> <span class="n">PYTHONPATH</span> <span class="o">~/</span><span class="n">Python</span>
</pre></div>
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<p>To prepend to an existing environment variable:</p>
<div class="highlight-default"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>setenv PATH ~/bin:${PATH}
</pre></div>
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<p>The search order may be important to you, do you want <code class="file docutils literal"><span class="pre">~/bin</span></code> to be searched
first or last? To append to an existing environment variable:</p>
<div class="highlight-default"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>setenv PATH ${PATH}:~/bin
</pre></div>
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<p>To make your changes available in the future, add the commands to your
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<span id="setting-windows-environment-variables"></span><h2>Setting environment variables in windows<a class="headerlink" href="#setting-environment-variables-in-windows" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>Open the <strong class="program">Control Panel</strong> (<span class="menuselection">Start ‣ Control Panel</span>),
start the <strong class="program">System</strong> program. Click the <span class="guilabel">Advanced</span> tab
and select the <span class="guilabel">Environment Variables</span> button. You can edit or add to
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