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systemctl set-environment — Set one or more service manager environment variables. More information: <https://www.freedesktop.or

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Problem

How to use the systemctl set-environment command: Set one or more service manager environment variables. More information: <https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/systemctl.html#set-environment%20VARIABLE=VALUE%E2%80%A6>.

Solution

systemctl set-environment — Set one or more service manager environment variables. More information: <https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/systemctl.html#set-environment%20VARIABLE=VALUE%E2%80%A6>.

Set a single environment variable:

systemctl set-environment {{var value}}

Set multiple environment variables at once:

systemctl set-environment {{var1 value1 var2 value2 ...}}

Set an environment variable for the user service manager:

systemctl set-environment {{var value}} --user

Code Snippets

Set a single environment variable

systemctl set-environment {{var value}}

Set multiple environment variables at once

systemctl set-environment {{var1 value1 var2 value2 ...}}

Set an environment variable for the user service manager

systemctl set-environment {{var value}} --user

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