having trouble setting $PATH

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I am trying to set the $PATH permanantly for Vault. I have cd to etc and run sudo nano environment. This opens and I have appended my needed path onto the end like this:
PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin:/home/richb201/Vault"
And I save this to environment. I then open a new cli and type echo $PATH but the new path "/home/richb201/Vault" doesn't appear. What am I doing wrong?

B.Tanner · Accepted Answer

I set my path in ~/.profile (ie in your home directory), no sudo necessary. There is already some code in there by default to add ~/bin which you can use as an example. But you will have to log out and in again, not just open a new terminal.

Correct answer by B.Tanner on February 14, 2021

having trouble setting $PATH

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