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We're using Ubuntu 12.04.1 with Xfce 4.8. We have a script which sets environment variables needed by our software. In the past, I figured out how to run this script in the Xfce start up so that these environment variables are set up and available to gui based programs launched via icons. Recently an OS upgrade wiped out this setting and I can't remember or find how to do this. I've tried sourcing the script from ~/.profile, ~/.xinitrc, and ~/.config/xfce4/xinitrc, but no luck.

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per this https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xfce#Session you should "Copy the file /etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc to ~/.config/xfce4/". I edited etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc directly and the var was in the user session.

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    I had edited that file ... but didn't have the correct path to the file with the customized environment variables. Doh! Thanks.
    – GreenMatt
    Jan 7, 2013 at 14:50
  • This doesn't work for me. There is just no effect.
    – Kritzefitz
    Feb 25, 2016 at 19:29
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To have environment variables available for the X session I set them in ~/.xsessionrc. This works also with Xfce, at least with version 4.12, I'm just running.

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