Questions tagged [paths]
Questions related to path in networking, file system and OS.
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How to get the real path of a sh file that is being sourced
I added this line into my ~/.bashrc
. /mnt/c/Users/enzo/drive/projects/dotfiles/init.sh
And and inside of init.sh I am trying to get the path of init.sh but I am not able to.
I tried this so far:
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Set LD_LIBRARY_PATH correctly
I am using Docker with image of Ubuntu 16.04. I am using this docker to run:
Import C++ classes in python with the help of boost.python
Import matlab's python package in python with the help Matlab ...
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Understanding how PATH environment variable works
I have followed many guides and books to understand the PATH variable concept but none of them explains "completely" how this works in Linux.
For example if I set a a Path like the following in Bash:
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Recovering the relative path option
Managed to delete the relative path option in linux by typing in rm .*, now I can't change or add files to any directory. How can these be recovered? Running a ls -a and the standard . and .. ...
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Ubuntu 16.04: Log in problem when using prime-select intel and adding /usr/lib/nvidia-396 to LD_LIBRARY_PATH
I'm doing some computation with my GPU (GTX 970) so I decided to use my integrated card from my CPU (i7-4790K) to display my 2 screens, hence I used prime-select intel to do so.
In doing so it seems ...
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Is there a package installer in which a i can choose where to install?
Since changing the installation path or directory of dpkg is not a good and risky idea I would like to know if there are any package installers in which I can choose to install where I want since my ...
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App installed in directory on the PATH, but not found. Weird /snap/bin - error message
I have the app minikube in /usr/local/bin/minikube. When I do minikube version with the whole path, I get:
$ /usr/local/bin/minikube version
minikube version: v0.28.2
When I do minikube version ...
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How do i specify a file location in terminal?
Running the following commands:
wine /Home/Downloads/steamsetup.exe
wine Username/Home/downloads/steamsetup.exe
resulted in file not found. How do I specify a file location in terminal?
I am on ...
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Zip2john issue on ubuntu 18.04 LTS [duplicate]
Problem:
root@ITSASECRET:~/src/john/run# zip2john
: command not found
I want to add that the srcript is in the directory. I also had a lot of trouble installing Rexgen as well as Bison and ...
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My PATH variable seems to be set OK, but does not work [duplicate]
I installed some programm (xlsx2csv) using pip3. The executable of the software is in ~/.local/bin.
My $PATH is defined in ~/.profile like this:
PATH="$HOME/bin:$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
echo $PATH
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How to find the path of a specific application (Google Chrome)?
I have Google Chrome downloaded on my laptop and I want to find where it is compared to a Windows path use it, basically for a text to speech project.
On Windows it is located here :
chrome_path = '...
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Path of a file in the user directory from root directory [closed]
Following is the directory structure for a text file textfile.txt ,what will be the file path for the text file for an python script readtext.py which is in the in the root direcory. The python file ...
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What is the absolute path to the file that contains all the drives? [closed]
What is the absolute path to the file that contains all the drives, hardware and network shares, that are mounted by the system during boot?
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iPython3 opened in Terminal - os.path.dir adds letter 'd' to path and triggers File not found error
Trying to iterate through a folder.
I am working on ipython3, opened in Terminal.
This is the code (in python 3.6.4):
for filename in os.listdir('.'):
for file in filename:
with open(os....
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My script runs fine when I run it from the terminal but it doesn't work with cron. Why?
I'm creating a script to manage my icons and I'm using the command gvfs-set-attribute in order to do that. The script works fine when I run it with the terminal but it fails to work when I use cron. ...
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Login Loop in Ubuntu 16.04 after editing the Path
I was editing the path as said in this page: Source
After I did that, I logged out, and ever since that, I was not able to Login.
I have tried various Login Loop Remedies said in this Exchange, but ...
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PATH=$PATH:`pwd` - What happens when this command is executed?
What happens when this command is executed?
PATH =$PATH:`pwd`
Error: Nothing happens when i execute the command in the terminal.
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CLASSPATH Security
On this post someone mentioned in a comment that adding .: to the PATH environment variable is a security vulnerability. Is adding .: to the CLASSPATH environment variable also a security ...
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How can I install petrify and set it up?
I want to install petrify -- a tool for simulation of Asynchronous Circuits -- so I downloaded the file and in this folder there is an INSTALL file that says:
You should define properly define the ...
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Need to clean user home folder and organize game folders (with saves, configs, etc)
I have many installed games, from various sources/stores/frontends (Steam, GOG, Humble Store and Lutris with modules like DOSBox, Libretro, WINE and ScummVM).
Unfortunately many game developers elect ...
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When I do an export path using terminal, which file does it save to? [duplicate]
For example, when I run export export PATH=$PATH:$GOROOT/bin:$GOPATH/bin or a GOPATH=~/workspace/me/go which file does this get added to?
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How to solve the conda virtual env and system env conflict on import cv2?
I have installed opencv 3.4.1 correctly on my system enviroment.
But after I create a conda virtual environment using opencv3.2.0, it leads some problems here:
Under the conda virtual env, I have to ...
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Can I make `sudo` follow my path via CLI?
You can edit sudoers file and set secure_path to match your path. This is documented in Unix & Linux.
Is there a command line switch I can pass to sudo such that it uses the path I have set? For ...
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Unable to install geojson package for R
I have Ubuntu 16.04 and R 3.4.3. When I run
install.packages("geojson", dep=TRUE)
in R, I get the following error:
dependency ‘protolite’ is not available for package ‘geojson’
Therefore I run
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Hard-Drive name changes depending on file search method
I am new to Linux and Ubuntu and I am struggling with file path names and locations. I have a new computer with LTS 16.04 installed. This computer has a solid state hard drive and an optical drive. ...
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Connect GIMP snap to gmic
So I have installed the GIMP snap, it works nicely. However, how do I get it to use gmic? Can I just point the plugin path to gmic, and where would that be?
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If I compile and install my own Python from source and install packages, will it affect the system Python installation?
Say I compile Python 3 from source, configuring it with --prefix=$HOME/.local and installing it.
Since $HOME/.local is in my path, and is preferred, now when I type python3 in my shell, I get my ...
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How can I open games I downloaded?
Every time I download a game from the terminal I can't open it.
Example 1:
$ sudo apt-get install 0ad
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
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Reference to home not working in Nautilus Action-Config-Tool
The path field (In the given Screenshot) is given the input: ~/.subseeker/subseeker.py, but it's not working, the code isn't executing when the command runs.
I even tried- $HOME/.subseeker/subseeker....
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Backup Ubuntu Software and Wipe Ubuntu
Hello I am new to Ubuntu. I Installed a bunch of softwares like Android Studio and JDK and other stuff. Now my ubuntu is messed up and It doesn't show the login screen and when I start lightdm and put ...
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Why should I STILL use --with-boost for ./configure when I exported PATH variable for boost directory
I would love to hear your explanations and methods of solutions for the problem that I have been facing for such a long time by now.
I am working in a remote cluster where sudo command is not allowed ...
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got an error gawk: symbol lookup error: gawk: undefined symbol: mpfr_z_sub
all, I get an error that indicates that
gawk: symbol lookup error: gawk: undefined symbol: mpfr_z_sub when I want to compile a simulation from www.yonch.com/wireless.
This error was occurred when I ...
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Nvidia GPU heating up
I noticed occasionally my GPU was heating up when doing usual tasks (idle + Internet browsing, not video). I select intel-onboard in Nvidia-server but the problem persists.
I used the following ...
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How to add/edit PATH when using X2Go client logging into ubuntu terminal
noob here. I want to add a folder to PATH only under my account. Tried to search for answers for quite a while. Ending up get methods like creating .profile .bash_profile under my home directory(~), ...
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What is the difference between local and .local in ubuntu?
Echoing path in ubuntu returns following colon separated paths,
/home/stack/bin:/home/stack/.local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/...
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Is there any difference in setting path for golang, python or java in ubuntu? [duplicate]
In some tutorials path is set in ~/.profile however in some other tutorials they use etc/path or ~/.bashrc, can you explain whats the difference and how it works in linux ubuntu. I am sorry for such a ...
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Why does `/sbin` not included in $PATH for new user?
ifconfig is located in /sbin/ifconfig. I don't have problem issuing ifconfig command in root user.
The problem started when I created a new user.
root@Ubuntu:~# useradd -m user
root@Ubuntu:~#
root@...
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Is ./ (dot slash) a command?
Core of the question:
The question arose while I could not install the software, so I am genuinely asking about ./ because I didn't know about it and the output "command not found" was confusing me ...
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How to change default ftp directory?
When I connect with FTP using a pem file it is connecting fine and by default, it is showing this directory: /home/ubuntu
Now I am trying to change the /home/ubuntu directory to /var/www/...
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Converting a windows Run.bat to a Run.sh
"c:\program files\java\jdk1.8.0_75\bin\java.exe" -noverify -Xbootclasspath/a:"LSA.jar";"lib/bcel-5.2.jar";"lib/rsyntax.jar";"client.jar" -javaagent:"LSA.jar"=config.js -jar client.jar
I have a ...
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Can't cd to newly added Path variable [duplicate]
I added the following line to /etc/environment:
ML="$HOME/ml"
After I re-logged in for the script to take effect, running
printenv ML prints $HOME/ml and running cd $ML prints
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CPLEX and PYTHONPATH
First I installed CPLEX on my ubuntu. Then I set my PYTHONPATH by adding the following line to .bashrc file
export PYTHONPATH="/opt/ibm/ILOG/CPLEX_Studio1271/cplex/python/2.7/x86-64_linux"
but when ...
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A strange path to the folder [closed]
I have a folder called DAT on the desktop. I am not sure what I did the folder disappeared. Using find command find / -name DAT 2>/dev/null. This is the output /home/t-gang/ /DL4PL. I mean what is ...
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How to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH permanently?
I am using Ubuntu 16. I want to use cfmid for my project. When I set LD_LIBRARY_PATH in terminal, I can get output of the cfmid library:
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/home/lclab/installed/...
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Where to find Icon in .desktop file mantioned without path?
Here is an example for Hydrogen Drum Machine
[Desktop Entry]
X-AppInstall-Package=hydrogen
X-AppInstall-Popcon=208
X-AppInstall-Section=universe
Name=Hydrogen
Comment=Create drum sequences
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How do I add make a directory like a variable?
Sorry for my weird question, I am very new to Linux and I am not sure what the correct terminology is.
I am writing a bash script, and I want to be able to add some directories to... I don't know ...
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Setting "$PATH" environment for Unix "which" command
I am trying to run two chemistry programs together that need the PATH environment changed in order to find one another. The manual says:
Under the UNIX operating systems, R.E.D. looks for the "...
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How to edit the highest parent directory of a path while navigating
Noob question: Let's say I'm in:
user@mj:~/var/www/html/mag/something/else/forever$
And I want to be at:
user@mj:/var/www/html/mag/something/else/forever$
Mind the ~
I can achieve that with:
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/usr/bin/env: ‘ruby’: No such file or directory
When crontab tries to execute the script:
@reboot sh /home/username/unicorn_start.sh > /home/username/unicorn_start.out 2>&1
It creates me a log file with the following content: /usr/bin/...
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Java compiles but not Executes [closed]
I tried many ways to execute but it is showing the same error
Error: Could not find or load main class corePKI_Pkg.AppKeyUtil
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