[macos] How to add /usr/local/bin in $PATH on Mac

When I do 'open .profile' in the terminal I have the following:

export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/git/bin 

Now I installed node.js for Mac and it says,

Make sure that /usr/local/bin is in your $PATH.

How can I add /usr/local/bin to export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/git/bin?

Try placing $PATH at the end.

export PATH=/usr/local/git/bin:/usr/local/bin:$PATH

In MAC OS Catalina, this are the steps that worked for me, all the above solutions did help but didn't solve my problem.

1. check node --version, still the old one in use.
2. cd ~/
3. atom .bash_profile
4. Remove the $PATH pointing to old node version, in my case it was /usr/local/bin/node/@node8
5. Add & save this to $PATH instead "export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/git/bin:/usr/local/bin"
6. Close all applications using node (terminal, simulator, browser expo etc)
7. restart terminal and check node --version

To make the edited value of path persists in the next sessions

cd ~/
touch .bash_profile
open .bash_profile

That will open the .bash_profile in editor, write inside the following after adding what you want to the path separating each value by column.

export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/git/bin:/usr/local/bin:

Save, exit, restart your terminal and enjoy

I've had the same problem with you.

cd to ../etc/ then use ls to make sure your "paths" file is in , vim paths, add "/usr/local/bin" at the end of the file.

I tend to find this neat

sudo mkdir -p /etc/paths.d   # was optional in my case
echo /usr/local/git/bin  | sudo tee /etc/paths.d/mypath1