Setting Up Your Environment on a UNIX System


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Installing the BEA Tuxedo System

Before you can invoke BEA Tuxedo system commands, you need to set several environment variables. This section describes the environment variables that you must set and export on a UNIX system.

Note: If you are using a Windows NT platform, see Modifying Environment Variables in Using the BEA Tuxedo System on Windows NT.

The following list provides descriptions and sample settings of the four environment variables required on a UNIX platform. It is assumed that the Bourne shell is being used. A Bourne shell script called tux.env, located in the base directory you specified at installation time, serves as a model for setting these variables.

TUXDIR contains the full path name of the directory in which you installed the BEA Tuxedo system software. For example, if you installed the BEA Tuxedo system in /var/opt/tuxedo, you should set TUXDIR as follows.
```
TUXDIR=/var/opt/tuxedo; export TUXDIR
```
PATH is the search path for commands. You should include $TUXDIR/bin in your path. For example:
```
PATH=$PATH:$TUXDIR/bin; export PATH
```
LD_LIBRARY_PATH (on Solaris, Tru64 UNIX, MP-RAS, and Linux), SHLIB_PATH (on HP-UX), and LIBPATH (on AIX) name the search path for dynamic shared libraries. These environment variables are needed only on platforms that support dynamic shared libraries. You should append $TUXDIR/lib to your existing library path. For example, on Solaris, Tru64 UNIX, MP-RAS and Linux, execute the following.
```
 LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$TUXDIR/lib; export LD_LIBRARY_PATH 
```
TUXCONFIG contains the full path name of the binary configuration file for a BEA Tuxedo application. Several BEA Tuxedo commands do not run properly unless TUXCONFIG is set appropriately. For example, if your application's binary configuration file is located in /var/opt/tuxapp1/tuxconfig, you should set and export TUXCONFIG as follows.
```
TUXCONFIG=/var/opt/tuxapp1/tuxconfig; export TUXCONFIG
```