[SOLVED] bash ng: command not found

mahesh.riddles · 02-18-2024, 12:33 PM

My path variable is not updated.
I have installed angular.

Code:

export PATH=$PATH:~/.npm-global/bin
source ~/.bashrc

It did not work after restarting the terminal.
But worked on that session. I was able to use "ng"

Then i tried

Code:

export PATH=$PATH:~/.npm-global/bin
source ~/.bash_profile

Same. It worked on that session.
After restarting terminal, it did not work.

echo $PATH is not showing ".npm-global/bin" after restarting the terminal
It is fedora latest.

Code:

echo $SHELL
/bin/bash

Code:

mahesh@fedora:~$ ls .
./                    .config/              .npmrc
../                   .dotnet/              .pki/
.angular-config.json  .gnome/               .quokka/
.bash_history         .local/               .var/
.bash_logout          .mozilla/             .viminfo
.bash_profile         .mysql/               .vscode/
.bashrc               .npm/                 .wallaby/
.cache/               .npm-global/

scasey · 02-18-2024, 12:55 PM

export only puts the updated PATH in memory for that session only. sourcing .bashrc is not required.
To make the PATH change permanent, put the export statement in .bashrc, then source .bashrc or restart the terminal.

MadeInGermany · 02-19-2024, 05:40 AM

A nested bash inherits PATH and runs .bashrc, so PATH is expanded again.
The following ensures that PATH is expanded only once.

Code:

_newpath=$HOME/.npm-global/bin; [[ :$PATH: == *":$_newpath:"* ]] || export PATH=$PATH:$_newpath; unset _newpath