Hi,
thanks for help.

> What is your shell? Let's say it's bash. Bash uses either
>> ~/.bash_profile if it exists, or falls back to ~/.profile.
>> To export a environment variable from it means to
>> `export XDG_DATA_DIRS=$HOME/path/to/your/profile1:$HOME/path/to/your/profile2:$XDG_DATA_DIRS`,
>> and so on. If you are using other shell, check your shell's manual for
>> the profile it uses.

I have got bash.
~/.bash_profile:
--------------------------------------------
# Honor per-interactive-shell startup file
if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then . ~/.bashrc; fi

GUIX_EXTRA_PROFILES=/home/gfp/Projekte
for i in $GUIX_EXTRA_PROFILES/*; do
   profile=$i/guix-profil
   if [ -f "$profile"/etc/profile ]; then
     GUIX_PROFILE="$profile"
     . "$GUIX_PROFILE"/etc/profile
   fi
   unset profile
done
-----------------------------------------

 >> `export 
XDG_DATA_DIRS=$HOME/path/to/your/profile1:$HOME/path/to/your/profile2:$XDG_DATA_DIRS`,
 >> and so on.

I have got 17 Profiles in:
/home/gfp/Projekte/Calibre
		  /Emacs
		  /Libreoffice	
		  etc.

  Would that mean to sorce all 17 profiles in one go?
or only two at a time?

e.g. two profiles:

`export 
XDG_DATA_DIRS=$HOME/gfp/Projekte/Calibre:$HOME/gfp/Projekte/Emacs:$XDG_DATA_DIRS` 



I don´t want to make a mistake that´s why I am asking beforehand.

Thanks

Gottfried



Am 07.12.24 um 21:09 schrieb Rutherther:
> gfp <gfp@posteo.at> writes:
> 
>> How can I do this?
>>
>> I am using MATE desktop mainly (more shortcuts) and sometimes KDE (less
>> shortcuts for me at the moment).
>> Please explain it more, I am on a lower level.
> 
> What is your shell? Let's say it's bash. Bash uses either
> ~/.bash_profile if it exists, or falls back to ~/.profile.
> To export a environment variable from it means to
> `export XDG_DATA_DIRS=$HOME/path/to/your/profile1:$HOME/path/to/your/profile2:$XDG_DATA_DIRS`,
> and so on. If you are using other shell, check your shell's manual for
> the profile it uses.
> 
> If you are using guix home, you can use
> home-environment-variables-service-type, it will put it to the correct
> place, where it will be sourced from the profile file. Examples
> are in the manual.
> 
> Regards,
> Rutherther