jenkins on Mac, PATH is not set right, no /usr/local/bin

Question

I recently installed Jenkins, using Homebrew. I also installed Mercurial using Homebrew.

I can successfully clone an hg repo just fine - from Terminal. But if I try and do the same thing as part of a job in Jenkins, it fails.

So, in by job, I told Jenkins to run a shell script echo $PATH. Sure enough, the path /usr/local/bin is not there. If I execute the same command from Terminal, it's there.

So, what is the best way to modify PATH so that Jenkins is pulling the same PATH that I'm using, when I echo it from Terminal?

Note, Jenkins is running from the same user account that I'm logged into doing these tests, so I can't fathom why this is happening.

Answer 1

In your launchd .plist file for Jenkins, you can set the PATH environment variable by using the following:

<key>EnvironmentVariables</key> <dict>     <key>PATH</key>     <string>(insert your path value here)</string> </dict> 

That should set the PATH to whatever you need.

Answer 2

For some reason, Jenkins doesn't keep /usr/local/bin in the PATH when connecting to a slave.
You can add it to the PATH either by

• Adding an environment variable on the Node Configuration, or

• Adding a .bashrc file on the user folder with

   PATH="/usr/local/bin:${PATH}" 

Note: The Mac client must be disconnected and then reconnected via the Jenkins web app after editing ~/.bashrc