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2.9.2. Other Path Redefinitions

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CPATH
The CPATH environment variable specifies include paths for the GCC compiler to use. Include the following in the enable scriptlet to redefine the environment variable:
export CPATH="%{_includedir}\${CPATH:+:\${CPATH}}"
INFOPATH
The INFOPATH environment variable specifies directories that contain Info files. Include the following in the enable scriptlet to redefine the environment variable:
export INFOPATH="%{_infodir}\${INFOPATH:+:\${INFOPATH}}"
LD_LIBRARY_PATH
The LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable specifies the location of libraries. For more information, see Section 3.5, “Software Collection Library Support”.
Include the following in the enable scriptlet to redefine the environment variable:
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="%{_libdir}\${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:\${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}}"
LIBRARY_PATH
The LIBRARY_PATH environment variable specifies the location of special linker files or ordinary libraries for GCC to use. Include the following in the enable scriptlet to redefine the environment variable:
export LIBRARY_PATH="%{_libdir}\${LIBRARY_PATH:+:\${LIBRARY_PATH}}"
MANPATH
The MANPATH environment variable specifies the location of man pages. For more information, see Section 3.7, “Software Collection MANPATH Support”.
Include the following in the enable scriptlet to redefine the environment variable:
export MANPATH="%{_mandir}:\${MANPATH:-}"
PATH
The PATH environment variable specifies the location of binary files. Include the following in the enable scriptlet to redefine the environment variable:
export PATH="%{_bindir}:%{_sbindir}\${PATH:+:\${PATH}}"
PCP_DIR
The PCP_DIR environment variable specifies the location of files and directories used by PCP. Include the following in the enable scriptlet to redefine the environment variable:
export PCP_DIR="%{_scl_root}"
PKG_CONFIG_PATH
The PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable specifies the location of .pc files used by the pkg-config program. For more information, see Section 3.6, “Software Collection .pc Files Support”.
Include the following in the enable scriptlet to redefine the environment variable:
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="%{_libdir}/pkgconfig\${PKG_CONFIG_PATH:+:\${PKG_CONFIG_PATH}}"
XDG_CONFIG_DIRS
The XDG_CONFIG_DIRS environment variable specifies the location of desktop configuration files according to the freedesktop.org specification. Include the following in the enable scriptlet to redefine the environment variable:
export XDG_CONFIG_DIRS="%{_sysconfdir}/xdg:\${XDG_CONFIG_DIRS:-/etc/xdg}"
XDG_DATA_DIRS
The XDG_DATA_DIRS environment variable specifies the location of desktop data files according to the freedesktop.org specification. It is used in some Software Collections to locate the Software Collection-specific scripts or to enable bash completion.
Include the following in the enable scriptlet to redefine the environment variable:
export XDG_DATA_DIRS="%{_datadir}:\${XDG_DATA_DIRS:-/usr/local/share:%{_root_datadir}}"
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