* 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 a
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
> /usr/local/bin:/
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 logg
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 most
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 ~/.pro
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, 202
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 answe
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.
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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
(th
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 t
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 autho
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
des
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