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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<devbook self="tasks-reference/environment/">
<chapter>
<title>Environment files</title>

<body>

<p>
Some packages need to globally set an environment variable for all users. The
canonical way of doing this is via <c>/etc/env.d</c>. All files in this directory
are sourced when generating user environment settings.
</p>

<p>
This directory should <b>only</b> be used for setting environment variables.
</p>

<p>
To install a file into this directory, use <c>doenvd</c> or <c>newenvd</c> (see
<uri link="::function-reference/install-functions/"/>). The format of the file
should be a series of lines in the form <c>VARIABLE="the value"</c>.
</p>

<p>
There is further discussion in the <uri
link="https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:X86/Working/EnvVar">
Environment Variables section</uri>.
</p>

</body>
</chapter>
</devbook>