[SOLVED] What to do with this script?

validator456 · 10-10-2017, 01:47 PM

I have installed the browser qutebrowser by creating a virtual environment with the tox command. Now I get this instruction:

Quote:

Creating a wrapper script

You can then create a simple wrapper script to start qutebrowser somewhere in your $PATH (e.g. /usr/local/bin/qutebrowser or ~/bin/qutebrowser):

#!/bin/bash
~/path/to/qutebrowser/.venv/bin/python3 -m qutebrowser "$@"

What do I have to do?
Do I have to save this script as path.sh and then run ./path.sh?
Or must I do something else?

(this is the link to the instructions:
https://github.com/qutebrowser/quteb...wrapper-script)

RandomTroll · 10-10-2017, 02:05 PM

Put it in your path. You can figure out your path by running:

Code:

echo $PATH

/usr/local/bin, if it's in your path, would be the place to put it so everyone could use it. I keep programs I write for my own use in my own bin directory and put $HOME/bin in my path. I think 'path.sh' is a bad name for a program that runs qutebrowser - how about 'qute' instead? Then you can run qute from anywhere.

Do you understand that ~/path/to/... is a dummy variable, to be substitute with the actual path to python3?

validator456 · 10-10-2017, 02:34 PM

I am still confused. I made this script (called qute) according the instructions:

Quote:

#!/bin/bash

/home/porter/Gitclone/qutebrowser/.venv/bin/python3.5 -m qutebrowser "$@"

And put it in /usr/local/bin/ (indeed the best place to put it in).

But running qute in the terminal doesn't work. Nor does sudo qute. I get the error message: command not found.

validator456 · 10-10-2017, 02:40 PM

Ah, found it. It is running now.

Quote:

cd /usr/local/bin/
sudo chmod +x qute

and done.

Thank you for your answer, RandomTroll.