Howto set shell-environment variables on Mac OSX 10.5

From time to time I want to install a command line utility and then I always have the problem how to set the correct environment variables. Ok, googling for the terms “mac osx environment variable set” usually helps. But every time I spent at least an hour playing around, searching like made before I can use my command-line stuff. The funny thing is that this has happened several times in the past and each time I somehow forgot how to define the environment variables ( that’s so me…). But this time things will be different as I write it down in my own blog. So the next time I can google myself and find out about how to do it ;).

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