# LibTmux::Async::Server::set_environment

- **Module:** LibTmux::Async
- **Package:** LibTmux-Async
- **Language:** Perl
- **Kind:** method
- **Source:** https://github.com/libtmux/libtmux-perl/blob/352715a4fa66a96eed7763b90daaa536aa2f121d/packages/async/lib/LibTmux/Async/Server.pm#L95
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/en/perl/latest/reference/libtmux-async-server-set_environment/

```
sub set_environment($self, %args)
```

See [`"set_environment" in LibTmux::Server`](/en/perl/latest/reference/libtmux-server-set_environment/) for arguments, returned value, and completion.

## Methods

## Parameters

- `args`

## tmux command

The tmux commands behind `set_environment`.

- [`set-environment`](/en/tmux/latest/manual/set-environment/)

## tmux C API

The C declarations in tmux that implement these commands.

- [`cmd_set_environment_entry`](/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-variable-cmd_set_environment_entry/) (attribute)
- [`cmd_set_environment_exec`](/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-function-cmd-set-environment-c-cmd_set_environment_exec/) (function)

## In other ports

Set a variable in the server's environment

| Language | Equivalent |
| --- | --- |
| Python | [`libtmux.Server.set_environment`](/en/py/latest/reference/libtmux-server-set_environment/) (method) |
| Ruby | [`LibTmux::Server#set_environment`](/en/ruby/latest/reference/libtmux-server-set_environment/) (method) |
| Lua | [`libtmux.Server:set_environment`](/en/lua/latest/reference/libtmux-server-set_environment/) (method) |
| Haskell | No public Haskell equivalent is implemented; the current modules expose scalar values and version parsing. |
| TypeScript | [`server.Server.setEnvironment`](/en/ts/latest/reference/server-server-setenvironment/) (method) |
| Rust | [`server.Server.set_environment`](/en/rs/latest/reference/server-server-set_environment/) (method) |
| Go | [`tmux.Server.SetEnvironment`](/en/go/latest/reference/tmux-server-setenvironment/) (method) |
| Java | no equivalent on `Server` |
| C# | no equivalent on `Server` |
| C++ | no equivalent on `Server` |
| Swift | [`Server.setEnvironment(_:to:in:)`](/en/swift/latest/reference/server-setenvironment(_-to-in-)/) (method) |
| OCaml | [`Libtmux_unix.Client.set_environment`](/en/ocaml/latest/reference/libtmux_unix-client-set_environment/) (function) |

No equivalent is recorded in PowerShell, Julia, Erlang, Elixir, Common Lisp, Clojure, Kotlin, Scala or F#.

Set a variable in a session's environment

| Language | Equivalent |
| --- | --- |
| Python | [`libtmux.Session.set_environment`](/en/py/latest/reference/libtmux-session-set_environment/) (method) |
| Ruby | [`LibTmux::Session#set_environment`](/en/ruby/latest/reference/libtmux-session-set_environment/) (method) |
| Lua | [`libtmux.Session:set_environment`](/en/lua/latest/reference/libtmux-session-set_environment/) (method) |
| Haskell | No public Haskell equivalent is implemented; the current modules expose scalar values and version parsing. |
| TypeScript | [`session.Session.setEnvironment`](/en/ts/latest/reference/session-session-setenvironment/) (method) |
| Rust | [`session.Session.set_environment`](/en/rs/latest/reference/session-session-set_environment/) (method) |
| Go | [`tmux.Session.SetEnvironment`](/en/go/latest/reference/tmux-session-setenvironment/) (method) |
| Java | no equivalent on `Session` |
| C# | no equivalent on `Session` |
| C++ | no equivalent on `Session` |
| Swift | [`Server.setEnvironment(_:to:in:)`](/en/swift/latest/reference/server-setenvironment(_-to-in-)/) (method) |
| OCaml | [`Libtmux_unix.Client.set_environment`](/en/ocaml/latest/reference/libtmux_unix-client-set_environment/) (function) |

No equivalent is recorded in PowerShell, Julia, Erlang, Elixir, Common Lisp, Clojure, Kotlin, Scala or F#.