#1 2020-03-22 23:10:03

Martin

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[SOLVED] .local/bin not adden to $PATH

Deb 10 but still Helium rather than Lithium.

.profile contains

# set PATH so it includes user's private bin if it exists
if [ -d "$HOME/bin" ] ; then
    PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"
fi
# set PATH so it includes user's .local/bin if it exists
if [ -d "$HOME/.local/bin" ] ; then
    PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
fi

Adding $HOME/bin works but not $HOME/.local/bin.

Me confused.

/Martin

Last edited by Martin (2020-03-23 07:44:08)

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Re: [SOLVED] .local/bin not adden to $PATH

.profile
[...]
Adding $HOME/bin works but not $HOME/.local/bin.

Yes, its funny. But using .bashrc with

PATH="$PATH:$HOME/bin:$HOME/.local/bin"

works...

Last edited by rbh (2020-03-22 23:37:02)

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Re: [SOLVED] .local/bin not adden to $PATH

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Me confused.

/Martin

So have a look at what .profile has to say...

#
# NOTE this file is not sourced by lightdm when logging in to X sessions.
# Use .xsessionrc for graphical sessions.

So edit .xsessionrc, NOT .profile, if you are using lightdm for login.

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Re: [SOLVED] .local/bin not adden to $PATH

.profile
[...]
Adding $HOME/bin works but not $HOME/.local/bin.

Yes, its funny. But using .bashrc with

PATH="$PATH:$HOME/bin:$HOME/.local/bin"

works...

Usually you want $PATH last, though, so the local directories take precedence.

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Re: [SOLVED] .local/bin not adden to $PATH

Just an FYI: if OP is using tmux (a login shell), you better have the same paths in ~/.profile as you have in ~/.xsessionrc or else the terminal in tmux will show different or miss out various paths while echo $PATH.

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Martin

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Re: [SOLVED] .local/bin not adden to $PATH

...
Me confused.

/Martin

So have a look at what .profile has to say...

#
# NOTE this file is not sourced by lightdm when logging in to X sessions.
# Use .xsessionrc for graphical sessions.

So edit .xsessionrc, NOT .profile, if you are using lightdm for login.

Aha, now things start to make sense.

/Martin

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