* On 2020 08 Jul 08:38 -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> There are lots of choices here. And this is with only the login shell
> layer involved -- no X11 or Wayland.
Good points and it must be emphasized that ~/.profile or ~/.bash_profile
are for *login* shells only. Ordinarily shells started from
On Wed, Jul 08, 2020 at 07:53:53AM -0500, Nate Bargmann wrote:
> https://noah.meyerhans.us/2020/07/07/setting-environment-variables-for-gnome-session/
> As I read it, where an environment variable should be set depends on the
> intended scope of the variable. One comment in response to the blog
* On 2020 07 Jul 08:58 -0500, Stephen P. Molnar wrote:
> The Subject line is the problem with my Debian Buster platform. Now from
> Google I see that there has been a change in the way Debian handles this
> problem.
>
> My user path statement is:
>
> comp@AbNormal:~$ echo $PATH
>
On Wed, Jul 08, 2020 at 07:39:40AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 08, 2020 at 10:44:39AM +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
> > - XFCE acts as, or uses, Dash or something that does not propagate shell
> > functions in the parent env
>
> There are many layers involved. Assuming you're
On Wed, Jul 08, 2020 at 10:44:39AM +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
> - XFCE acts as, or uses, Dash or something that does not propagate shell
> functions in the parent env
There are many layers involved. Assuming you're logging in with a "Debian
X session", a POSIX shell (sh) is used to read
On Mi, 08 iul 20, 10:44:39, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
>
> - so try somewhere in the session startup apps - nope, courdn't
> figure it out at least
For Debian you want ~/.xsessionrc
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Andrei
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On Mi, 08 iul 20, 09:59:52, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 07, 2020 at 10:29:47AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> >
> > $HOME/bin is placed into the user's default PATH by Debian's ~/.profile
> > (the one in /etc/skel/.profile) if it exists at the time the ~/.profile
> > is read, if the
On Tue 07 Jul 2020 at 20:20:11 (-0400), Roberto C. Sánchez wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 08, 2020 at 09:59:52AM +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 07, 2020 at 10:29:47AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> > > On Tue, Jul 07, 2020 at 03:17:37PM +0100, Jonathan Dowland wrote:
> > > > On Tue, Jul 07,
On Tue, Jul 07, 2020 at 10:16:21AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> Gods, I am so tired of this question and having to repeat my demands
> for BASIC information over and over.
>
> Here are some resources for those of you who refuse to reveal any of
> the necessary background information to get
On Wed, Jul 08, 2020 at 09:59:52AM +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 07, 2020 at 10:29:47AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 07, 2020 at 03:17:37PM +0100, Jonathan Dowland wrote:
> > > On Tue, Jul 07, 2020 at 04:14:16PM +0200, Nicolas George wrote:
> > > > cd ~/bin
> > > > ln
Ahh, asked too soon. Thanks Greg.
On Tue, Jul 07, 2020 at 10:16:21AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 07, 2020 at 09:57:34AM -0400, Stephen P. Molnar wrote:
> > The Subject line is the problem
>
> Yeah. The Subject: line reveals the problem: you believe that PATH is
> set primarily by
On Tue, Jul 07, 2020 at 10:29:47AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 07, 2020 at 03:17:37PM +0100, Jonathan Dowland wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 07, 2020 at 04:14:16PM +0200, Nicolas George wrote:
> > > cd ~/bin
> > > ln -s ../opt/something/bin/something
> >
> > Not in the default PATH either.
Jonathan Dowland (12020-07-07):
> Not in the default PATH either.
No, but probably one of the first things anybody who has non-elementary
use will have configured anyway.
Regards,
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On Tue, Jul 07, 2020 at 03:17:37PM +0100, Jonathan Dowland wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 07, 2020 at 04:14:16PM +0200, Nicolas George wrote:
> > cd ~/bin
> > ln -s ../opt/something/bin/something
>
> Not in the default PATH either.
$HOME/bin is placed into the user's default PATH by Debian's ~/.profile
On Tue, Jul 07, 2020 at 04:14:16PM +0200, Nicolas George wrote:
cd ~/bin
ln -s ../opt/something/bin/something
Not in the default PATH either.
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On Tue, Jul 07, 2020 at 09:57:34AM -0400, Stephen P. Molnar wrote:
> The Subject line is the problem
Yeah. The Subject: line reveals the problem: you believe that PATH is
set primarily by your shell.
It's not. It's set primarily by your method of login, and then by your
session tools, whether
Roberto C. Sánchez (12020-07-07):
> You should add the export command to ~/.bashrc (for it to only be in
> effect for that user)
Except ~/.bashrc is only sourced for interactive shells, it will not be
run when applications are executed by a GUI, for example.
(Also, for some reason, the bash
On Tue, Jul 07, 2020 at 09:57:34AM -0400, Stephen P. Molnar wrote:
> The Subject line is the problem with my Debian Buster platform. Now from
> Google I see that there has been a change in the way Debian handles this
> problem.
>
I'm not sure what change you are referring to, but from what you
The Subject line is the problem with my Debian Buster platform. Now from
Google I see that there has been a change in the way Debian handles this
problem.
My user path statement is:
comp@AbNormal:~$ echo $PATH
/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games
Now I have a number of
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