export PATH not saving

Question

I'm trying to install the Google SDK

I type:

export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:/Users/morganallen/Dropbox/google_appengine

then:

echo $PATH

And I see:

/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/Users/morganallen/Dropbox/google_appengine

But when I quit terminal and re-open it and type echo $PATH I only see:

/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin

Why isn't it saving?

I've seen other answers mentioning a .bashrc file, but I can't find mine? Not sure what to do.

Answer 1

If you type that into the command line, it only applies for the current session (until you close the bash window). Instead, save that line of code into your .bash_profile and it should work for every single session.