[SOLVED] Slackware startx command not found

haind · 05-21-2015, 08:56 PM

I probably do something wrong with $PATH when install Java JDK. Now when I type
startx, reboot, which,... I get command not found.

When I type: echo $PATH
It shows only: /usr/local/java/bin

pan64 · 05-22-2015, 12:50 AM

usually PATH contains: /bin /usr/bin /usr/local/bin (and possibly other dirs too). You can set it in your shell or in /etc/profile

haind · 05-22-2015, 07:27 AM

It was really trouble. I cannot edit ~/.profile which I edited before at terminal. I type vi ~/.profile but it showed vi command is not a command. almost command I tried It just showed like that, "A command not found". I'm crazy and decided to reinstall Slackware. This clean trouble.

pan64 · 05-23-2015, 04:46 AM

because vi is not in your path. try /usr/bin/vi (use full path) instead

haind · 05-23-2015, 12:56 PM

yes It work naturally. I wish I didn't reinstall slackware if I knew before. Thank so much!

pan64 · 05-25-2015, 02:59 AM

just remember, usually you can solve it without reinstall, this is not windows (which was much harder to repair). But obviously there are cases when you need to do that.