The path for executables in user-scope installation is always like that. As far as I know, think there's not a great answer for where to put user-scope executables, especially across platforms.
One more option to consider: add a `raco` command. That avoids the PATH issue by changing the PATH search into a raco-tool search as controlled by "info.rkt" files. At Mon, 1 Mar 2021 10:52:42 +0000, Laurent wrote: > Hi all, > > I want to share a program with non-racketeers, as a package/collection > named myprog (say), and I want to make it as simple as possible for the > user. > > [The Racket Installation instructions need some work by the way, it's not > very user friendly on linux. It could at least say that `[sudo] apt install > racket` should work on debian/ubuntu (thanks Asumu!), but also say to > otherwise download the .sh and run it with `$ sh racket-...sh`] > > My first idea was to have the user run: > $ racket -l- myprog args ... > > but I'm told `racket-launcher-names > <https://docs.racket-lang.org/raco/setup-info.html?q=racket-launcher-names#%28id > x._%28gentag._18._%28lib._scribblings%2Fraco%2Fraco..scrbl%29%29%29>` > may make it even simpler as the user could invoke > $ myprog args ... > > which is neat. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to be so straightforward due > to PATH issues: > I installed a snapshot/nightly as a unix distribution (as I always do), and > the myprog launcher is successfully created at > /home/<me>/.racket/snapshot/bin/myprog > but this isn't in my PATH, so it can't be found and the 'neat' > invocation above doesn't work. > > Questions: > * Is this specific to my weird snapshot+Unix-style installation? > * Can I expect this to work trouble-free on Windows, Mac, Linux (at least > debian/ubuntu) when installing a release the way a new user would do? > > If it requires any work by the user to make it work, it seems that asking > to do > $ racket -l- myprog > is simpler. > > Thanks, > Laurent > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Racket Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email > to racket-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-users/CABNTSaFfh6wio5YwUqjmoCTLPR_CpS14 > C%2BKw8S-pPKdww-ffDg%40mail.gmail.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Racket Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to racket-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-users/20210301062653.33e%40sirmail.smtps.cs.utah.edu.
