[SOLVED] qt5 and pathappend

jr_bob_dobbs · 10-14-2017, 07:44 AM

Running [B]LFS 8.0, 64 bit.

I finally installed QT5. Had been putting it off for reasons. Anyway, it may have installed fine, save for one message I get on login (as either user).

I haven't got a pathappend command. Now I'm sure I have all of the required dependencies, because configure, make and make install did not complain.

Can anyone please advise? Thank you.

p.s. In the meantime I guess it should be safe for me to go into that script and change any "pathappend" to a more wordy "PATH=stuff:$PATH" ?

jr_bob_dobbs · 10-14-2017, 08:00 AM

Well, turns out I'm a dope.

The pathappend is an environment variable containing a script. Description of setting it up is part of the BLFS 8.0 book.

Code:

pathappend () {
        pathremove $1 $2
        local PATHVARIABLE=${2:-PATH}
        export $PATHVARIABLE="${!PATHVARIABLE:+${!PATHVARIABLE}:}$1"
}

That is placed in the /etc/profile script.