Environment variable not set when executing tests
In my unit tests (NUnit) I check DOTNET_ROOT environment variable in order to find the folder in which dotnet binaries should be looked up.
When executing these tests Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("DOTNET_ROOT") returns null (which does not happen when I debug the same tests)
I wonder whether someone has seem similar behavior
Environment: Ubuntu 25.04, Rider 2025.2.1
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Hello Adriano,
Thank you for contacting JetBrains Support. I'm glad to work with you on this ticket.
This is currently by-design limitation that Rider does not read environment variables from
.bashrc. See the issues below for more information:RIDER-79551 Environment Variables (exported in ~/.bashrc) not anymore available when running/debugging a project
IJPL-1055 Load interactive shell environment variables on Linux
You may use the workarounds mentioned in the issues above, or add the environment variable in Run Configuration.
Regards,
Tom
Hi Tom.
That makes sense.
Setting the env var in `.profile` is good enough for me :)