Set environment variables for non-interactive shell

Question

I'm trying to set environment variables for non-interactive non-login shell. I know bash reads the contents of ~/.bashrc before execute the command. In the beginning of the script there's a part:

*# If not running interactively, don't do anything

case $- in
*i*) ;;
  *) return;;
esac*

So I think if I add something above it, it will take effect no matter if the shell is interactive or not:

export VAR=something

# If not running interactively, don't do anything

case $- in
*i*) ;;
  *) return;;
esac

However it doesn't work :(. I want to avoid using $BASH_ENV because it messes up my xkb settings. I remapped some keys in /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/pc. And if I set $BASH_ENV, it will just loads the default keymap.

Answer 1

Solution for Ubuntu: set the variables in /etc/environment, and it works for all users and all types of shells.