How to set the environment variable ALP_DATASET_DIR_PATH

[ZXJ-DSA]

Hi, how should I set the environment variable ALP_DATASET_DIR_PATH? Thank you.

[azimafroozeh]

On Linux / macOS

Add this line to your shell config file — usually ~/.bashrc, ~/.bash_profile, or ~/.zshrc:

export ALP_DATASET_DIR_PATH=/path/to/datasets

Then reload the file or restart the terminal:

source ~/.bashrc

On Windows

To set it permanently (for all sessions):

1. Open System Properties → Environment Variables

2. Under User variables (or System variables if you want it global for all users), click New

3. Set:

   • Variable name: ALP_DATASET_DIR_PATH
   • Variable value: C:\path\to\datasets

4. Click OK and restart your terminal or IDE.

After that, you can check:

echo $ALP_DATASET_DIR_PATH      # Linux/macOS
echo $env:ALP_DATASET_DIR_PATH  # PowerShell