How to resolve setenv: command not found

setenv is built-in command for csh. You need to have C Shell to tackle with setenv: command not found error.

Error :

Set environment command setenv is not available on system. You see below error :

So question is how to install setenv command.

Solution :

setenv is a shell built in command comes with C shell csh. Above error could be due to two things –

1. csh is not installed on server
2. User havnt invoked csh shell

For point 1, go ahead and install csh package.

For point 2, Simply invoke csh shell by changing user login shell (usermod -s)  or use chsh command as below –

And to change shell on the fly for your current logged in session use below command –

Now, after csh shell availability if you run setenv, it runs smooth!