"global commands" in linux

blindcoder · 11-08-2005, 09:27 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Peleus
peleus@linux:~> azureus
bash: azureus: command not found

Thats after I deleted azureus from /usr/bin

Did you logout and in again as I told you? You need to refresh your PATH variable after moving the stuff to /opt which happens at a login.

Quote:

Out of intrest once we get this working is it going to be a universal process for all these programs assuming I install them in /opt/?

Quite, though some apps automatically use the bin/ directory. You don't have to use symlinks then.

I'll be off for the rest of the day now, so I really hope this solves it now

Bye,
Benjamin

Peleus · 11-08-2005, 09:30 AM

Yeah I reset it too for good measure.

Peleus · 11-08-2005, 10:02 AM

Ok got it semi working (very ugly method)

I just put all the files into my /home/peleus/bin directory, which is going to cause problems eventually.

Anyone know any other way thats neater?

Peleus · 11-08-2005, 06:34 PM

Ok, now I understand a bit more about what I'm doing, how do I modify the path variables permanently?

I can get it going by adding PATH=/home/peleus/bin/azureus:$PATH which adds the folder, but then every time I log out I have to do it all over again, which file do I edit or put that line into so its always there?

(Using SuSe 10.0)

blindcoder · 11-09-2005, 12:23 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Peleus
I can get it going by adding PATH=/home/peleus/bin/azureus:$PATH which adds the folder, but then every time I log out I have to do it all over again, which file do I edit or put that line into so its always there?

Add this line to your ~/.bashrc file:

Code:

PATH="/home/peleus/bin/azureus:$PATH"

Greetings,
Benjamin

Peleus · 11-09-2005, 05:52 PM

Sounds stupid but it seems I don't have a .bashrc file (that I can find)

Yes I'm in root so I can see hidden files.

chrism01 · 11-09-2005, 06:09 PM

That's odd ...

When I do "ls -a" in my home dir, I get a load of hidden files, inc .bashrc, .bash_profile :

.bashrc

Code:

# .bashrc

# User specific aliases and functions

# Source global definitions
if [ -f /etc/bashrc ]; then
        . /etc/bashrc
fi

.bash_profile

Code:

# .bash_profile

# Get the aliases and functions
if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
        . ~/.bashrc
fi

# User specific environment and startup programs
PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin

export PATH
unset USERNAME

# Aliases
alias vi="vim"

export vi

Try these ...
BTW, this is on RH FC3
HTH

blindcoder · 11-10-2005, 12:53 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Peleus
Sounds stupid but it seems I don't have a .bashrc file (that I can find)

So just create it

.bashrc is a file that is run by bash whenever you login. You can do all sorts of stuff there like defining shell functions, aliases, change your prompt or run whatever commands you think should be run on login.

Greetings,
Benjamin