Re: [lxc-users] Setting PATH environment variable, or installing golang in a container

2016-09-21 Thread Matt Green
Sorry, the bit I missed (I keep doing this) is that I'm trying to script it with commands to be pushed from the host. All of the Go install instructions require the setting up of environment variables something like this: echo 'export GOROOT=$HOME/go' >> .profile echo 'export PATH=$PATH:$GOROOT/bin

Re: [lxc-users] Setting PATH environment variable, or installing golang in a container

2016-09-20 Thread Scott Lopez
This is more a shell question than anything particular to LXD. Just prepend the variable you want to the beginning of your command: GOPATH=/some/path/here apt install some_software for something more permanent, edit the default path variable IN the container, probably /etc/login.defs - you didn't

[lxc-users] Setting PATH environment variable, or installing golang in a container

2016-09-20 Thread Matt Green
Hi, I'm trying to install golang in a container, I can push an "apt install" command to make that work, but then when I try and run stuff I get an error about environment variables "$GOPATH not set". It looks like there's some support for setting them in LXD, but I can't work out how to do it, or