Environment variables

Environment variables are settings that are passed to programs.

General usage

Environment variables can be written in front of the command that is executed. Syntax: environmentVariable=value myProgram. For example, if you want to pass the variable EDITOR set to nano to crontab -e, you could run EDITOR=nano crontab -e. If you want to pass more than one variable, just write a space between them, for example LANG=en EDITOR=nano crontab -e

Lutris

Let's say you want to enable dxvk_async, so you want to pass DXVK_ASYNC=1 to your game.

• Right click your game, click Configure
• Click System options and scroll down to Environment Variables
• Click Add and input DXVK_ASYNC into the Key box, and 1 into Value.

Steam

Let's say you want to enable dxvk_async, so you want to pass DXVK_ASYNC=1 to your game.

• Go to your library, right click your game, click Properties
• In the General tab, you see Launch Options
• Input DXVK_ASYNC=1 %command% in the box below

Heroic

Let's say you want to enable dxvk_async, so you want to pass DXVK_ASYNC=1 to your game.

• Go to your library, click your game, and click settings
• In the other tab, you see Advanced Options (Environment Variables)
• Input DXVK_ASYNC=1 %command% in the box below