[SOLVED] what happen to fortune?

BW-userx · 02-20-2017, 02:35 PM

does not Slackware come with fortune installed as that is the little saysing one gets when they log in?

for some reason I am getting this now and i do not know why.

Code:

Password: 

-su: fortune: command not found

jstg · 02-20-2017, 02:53 PM

I'm pretty sure fortune is part of the bsd-games package which should be in the y/ section of the install CD/DVD.

BW-userx · 02-20-2017, 02:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jstg

I'm pretty sure fortune is part of the bsdgames package which should be in the y/ section of the install CD/DVD.

yeah it auto installs ... I just noticed it recently that when ever I open a term I get that message

Quote:

bash: fortune: command not found

userx@SlackO:~$

Like it got deleted somehow

Code:

userx@SlackO:~$ /usr/bin/fortune | cowsay -f tux -n
bash: /usr/bin/fortune: No such file or directory
bash: cowsay: command not found

astrogeek · 02-20-2017, 02:56 PM

Did you do a full install?

BW-userx · 02-20-2017, 03:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by astrogeek

Did you do a full install?

yes, always do when it is slackware, it had to be showing up before .. don't much pay attention.

I change slack to gui login level 4 so I no longer see it before startx .. I changed my pref in my term to run command as longin shell and now I am getting that command not found fortune. it is not on the system. so it has me second guessing slack install.

it had to be in there before hand else I'd of seen that error when I was using startx

now I got a figure out how to get it back, prob source code ./configure make make install I suppose.

just looked

Code:

userx@SlackO:~$ whereis fortune
fortune: /usr/games/fortune /usr/man/man6/fortune.6.gz

maybe had a link to /usr/bin that got deleted somehow.

BW-userx · 02-20-2017, 03:09 PM

Solved

Code:

userx@SlackO:~$ sudo ln -s /usr/games/fortune /usr/bin/fortune
userx@SlackO:~$ fortune
Human beings were created by water to transport it uphill.

astrogeek · 02-20-2017, 03:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BW-userx

I changed my pref in my term to run command as longin shell and now I am getting that command not found fortune.

How exactly did you do that?

You undoubtedly changed how your path is constructed.

What does this say?

Code:

echo $PATH

BW-userx · 02-20-2017, 03:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by astrogeek

How exactly did you do that?

You undoubtedly changed how your path is constructed.

What does this say?

Code:

echo $PATH

I added /opt somewhere to a path statement somewhere and that is the only path changes I made.
hold on for results of path

Code:

userx@SlackO:/etc$ echo $PATH
/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/games;/opt:/usr/lib64/kde4/libexec:/usr/lib64/qt/bin:/usr/share/texmf/bin

Ok I see what is wrong in that lol , ; semi-colon and not : full colon

while I got you here, what and where is the file that is calling it so I can modify it

Code:

/usr/bin/fortune | cowsay -f tux -n

shit I can't even remember what file that path was changed in.

google no help...

astrogeek · 02-20-2017, 03:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BW-userx

while I got you here, what and where is the file that is calling it so I can modify it

Code:

/usr/bin/fortune | cowsay -f tux -n

??? I do not understand the question.

If you mean where is that path set, it is in /etc/profile.

BW-userx · 02-20-2017, 03:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by astrogeek

??? I do not understand the question.

If you mean where is that path set, it is in /etc/profile.

both?

well slack has to be using some file to call the fortune from bash or whatever as I cannot find a /etc/bash file

and I got to find what file I added /opt to to change my PATH so I can fix it.

ok I fixed the PATH in /etc/profile

but the fortune has to be getting called when ever a terminal is opened .. and it is not in any file on the user side of things. so some file on the system side is calling fortune to run whenever a terminal and longin is happening.

I just need to find out where (what file) that is.

astrogeek · 02-20-2017, 03:43 PM

I wasn't there so I don't know where you changed things...

I think /etc/profile.d/bsd-games-login-fortune.sh is where the fortune is added to login shells.

BW-userx · 02-20-2017, 04:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by astrogeek

I wasn't there so I don't know where you changed things...

I think /etc/profile.d/bsd-games-login-fortune.sh is where the fortune is added to login shells.

pk I will go look in that.

I got /bin/fortune off a website so that is where I looked until I did a whereis then see that it is actually install so I just soft linked it then that stopped the error in BASH terminal,

going to go look in that .sh file

nothing here to get upset or worried about.

BW-userx · 02-20-2017, 04:28 PM

Solved (again)

Code:

[[ -f /usr/bin/fortune ]] && /usr/bin/fortune | cowsay -f tux -n

in .bashrc

astrogeek · 02-20-2017, 04:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BW-userx

I got /bin/fortune off a website so that is where I looked until I did a whereis then see that it is actually install so I just soft linked it then that stopped the error in BASH terminal,

All of which would have been important relevant information to include in the original post! Please try to provide the whole picture when asking for help to keep us from guessing.

Anyway, glad it is now working, even though I still do not know what changes you have made, or why.

BW-userx · 02-20-2017, 04:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by astrogeek

All of which would have been important relevant information to include in the original post! Please try to provide the whole picture when asking for help to keep us from guessing.

Anyway, glad it is now working, even though I still do not know what changes you have made, or why.

the only way to find out is delete that soft link and see if it was my mistake when I modded the path adding /opt

so might as well so the world can sleep in peace brb