Questions tagged [paths]
Questions related to path in networking, file system and OS.
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How to add man page for postgres?
I just install postgres 9.6 inside my /opt directory. I want to show the man page of the postgres. While I type man postgres, it says,
No manual entry for postgres.
I think this error may arises ...
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How to permanently change a PATH variable in Debian [closed]
I'm trying to change the directory that is accessed when I call blender in my terminal.
This is currently where it is:
...$ which blender
/usr/bin/blender
And I'd like to instead use the version ...
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Default python path - bash: /usr/local/bin/python2.7: No such file or directory
When I write python on terminal get an error
bash: /usr/local/bin/python2.7: No such file or directory
but if I use in terminal python2 or python3 it's working perfectly
How to solve this?
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Why isn't tilde recognised as home folder in this case?
This doesn't work:
$ ls "~/.wine/drive_c/tools/Family Tree v2.0"
ls: cannot access '~/.wine/drive_c/tools/Family Tree v2.0': No such file or directory
But this does:
$ ls "/home/daniel/.wine/...
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Can't append to PATH in ~./bashrc using $Home
I just want to add a path in ~/.bashrc as:
export PATH="$Home/gg/gamit/bin:$Home/gg/kf/bin:$Home/gg/com:$PATH"
But when I am using echo $PATH is showing it as:
/gg/gamit/bin:/gg/kf/bin:/gg/com:/...
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How to add a directory to PATH in Linux ? I am using Windows Subsystem for Linux - Ubuntu [duplicate]
I am new at Linux and I am facing a problem.
I am trying to add the bin directory to the PATH in the Linux executing the command below:
$ export PATH="/opt/gcc-arm/bin:$PATH"
However, when I try to ...
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How do I get the path of the Explorer window in 19.10?
If I open the default Explorer window and navigate to a folder how can I copy/paste the path? All the solutions I can find seem to rely on deprecated tools like Ubuntu Tweak.
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How to run an executable file from a different directory without cd or modifying the PATH?
Variations similar to what I want to ask exist but I could not find the exact question, so I'll ask it here.
Let's say I have a comiled .c file resulting in the executable ex which is located as /mnt/...
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Run node script with a global variable
I have a node script index.js with a node_modules folder.
/script/myTestJscript/index.js
/script/myTestJscript/node_modules
/script/myTestJscript/package.json
I could run the script with the command ...
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Command not found error after trying to install mgltools on WSL
I am working on Ubuntu windows application. I want to use a tool and I have downloaded the file and install it is in /usr/local/bin. I want to access the tool from anywhere and for that I have write ...
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syntax error near unexpected token `(' in .bashrc [duplicate]
-bash: /root/.bashrc: line 100: syntax error near unexpected token `('
-bash: /root/.bashrc: line 100: `export PATH=/bin/lscript:/bin/lscript:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/...
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Where are gnome extensions preferences stored?
Am creating a dotfiles git repo for my gnome setup and would like the precise settings for the Gnome extensions to be transferrable across installations
I found that the extensions themselves are ...
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Accidentally changed the Path environment variable while installing java via the terminal
While following a tutorial from Stack Overflow, I set the Java path as instructed, but in the process I got an error. Now I cannot login, as usr/bin:/usr is not found.
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19.04 bash : /usr/sbin/ip No such file or directory
19.04 updated everyday
Today this happened :
ip r
bash: /usr/sbin/ip: No such file or directory
But then there's this :
which ip
/sbin/ip
This does not happen in a dash shell, but I don't want ...
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File ignored PyCharm Pro IDE and this the correct sys.path for PYTHONPATH?
My PyCharm IDE doesn't automatically create a venv directory so I have to manually create my own.
My venv directory comes up as ignored. This is normal.
A possible solution is found the comment ...
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How to link command to correct program? [duplicate]
I've installed a command called gsutil on my Ubuntu VM with the command
sudo snap install google-cloud-sdk --classic
However, when running gsutil I started an unrelated existing program of ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 Does Not Accept "\" or any other appropriate character in paths
I have just installed Ubuntu 18.04 on a former Windows 7 laptop. When trying to connect a printer belonging to a Windows computer on my network through Samba, I find I cannot insert spaces into the ...
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underclock an old GPU with amdgpu driver
I have an old graphics card (saphire r9 270x pitcairn architecture) that keeps crashing when under maximum load. the preset stock clock is 1070mhz and it runs fine when underclocked to 1000mhz. I've ...
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How to run python script from computer and do to the file in flash drive
I have Python script that will read file "Customer_List" ,operate it, and write it back to Customer_List again.It's running well on Windows but I want to know how to run it on Ubuntu I need to run ...
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My $PATH variable is messed up. How to change it back?
Whenever I try basic commands in the terminal like sudo or ls, I get this error:
Command 'sudo' is available in '/usr/bin/sudo' The command could not be located because '/usr/bin' is not included ...
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How can I share a PATH?
I used the following commands to install g77 compiler on Ubuntu 19.04:
sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
Then to the bottom of that file I added:
deb [trusted=yes] old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu ...
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How do I include '/usr/bin' in the PATH environment?
I did a mistake and I can't do anything white the terminal.
When I try a command it just says:
Command 'sudo' is available in '/usr/bin/sudo'
The command could not be located because '/usr/bin' is ...
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Finding the path to a file from terminal
I am trying to retrieve the path to a Java class file. I have 2 projects in my eclipse: project_a and project_b. I navigated to project_a's bin folder and tried the command locate WebPerformanceUtil....
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How to know the path of a particular software?
Context:
I'm trying to make an application automatically start when I login. For this I need to select the path for the application.
Here are the paths I already looked into:
/sbin
/usr/sbin
/usr/...
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Is it possible for bash to recognize hardlinks or symlinks in $PATH?
Terminal, WSL
For example, I currently have GHC's executable in ~/bin/ghc/bin/ghc, but my $PATH only specifies /home/user/bin. I have tried running ln ~/bin/ghc/bin/ghc ~/bin/ghc-usr, but bash still ...
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I've installed lsd in Ubuntu 19.04. But when I run lsd command, it shows command not found
Command 'lsd' is available in '/snap/bin/lsd'
The command could not be located because '/snap/bin' is not
included in the PATH environment variable.
lsd: command not found
How can I solve this ...
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PATH and sources.list issue
I have discovered an issue with PATH and /ect/apt/sources.list Please could you advise how to resolve it?
As I am very novice to coding and stack exchange please could you comment and let me know ...
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can relative path access more than one level?
I'm new to Linux and was wondering if relative path can access more than one level.
For example:
/home/john/Desktop/Myfiles/text.txt
If i'm currently at ~/ can i jump to text.txt without having to ...
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Pass/set `current directory` to/for a shell script from Java in Ubuntu 16.04
While trying to automate an installation process in Ubuntu 16.04 with a .jar file, I did not know how to solve the following problem:
Problem description
Part of the installation files automatically ...
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how to edit PATH in bashrc
I edit PATH and just insted $PATH i write SPATH sooo I'm stock in login loop
and with root terminal try to login and edit PATH
so,
I don't know how to get bashrc with which command and how to edit ...
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How to make cmake use my newly installed Qt on the home folder?
My Qt was installed on /home/lz/Qt5.11.2/.
ls /home/lz/Qt5.11.2/5.11.2/gcc_64
bin doc include lib libexec mkspecs phrasebooks plugins qml qtvirtualkeyboard resources translations
I tried
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How to set the path to the latest Open MPI version?
I'm using Ubuntu 14.04 and the installed Open MPI is 1.6.5; I've installed the Latest Open MPI(4.0.0) following these instructions here and set the installed location by-
./configure --prefix=/$HOME/...
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How to set, permanently, my own directory instead of /home/bin in $PATH in ubuntu? [duplicate]
This might be a repeated question, but I couldn't relate to any previous answer. I basically want to run my shell-script from anywhere in ubuntu 16.04 (whether I'm inside the directory where the shell-...
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Why doesn’t `mv file /dir` move the file to a subdirectory of the current working directory?
I was in my /etc directory and typed the command
me@mylaptop:/etc$ sudo mv MyFile.conf /openvpn
I thought that would move the file into the directory openvpn which is a subdirectory of the /etc ...
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Shebang line for Node does not work in Ubuntu 18
I have just created an Ubuntu 18.04 instance on AWS and copied an existing project over. The usual shebang line for Node #!/usr/bin/env node now doesn't work. It gave:
#!/usr/bin/env: No such file ...
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Adding folders to your PATH environment variable
Currently running Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. I'm trying to install Ndless
and the SDK that goes with it so I can write programs in C and run them on my calculator. Anyways, I was wondering if somebody could ...
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"cmake --version" points to /usr/bin/cmake while "which cmake" points to /usr/local/bin
I am trying to upgrade cmake on my linux computer. Here is the command I used
sudo apt purge --auto-remove cmake
After downloading and extracted cmake-3.13.3.tar.gz
./bootstrap
make
sudo make ...
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How can I add ~/.local/bin to my PATH?
I'm just trying to follow this tutorial and set up my environment. My system is WSL Ubuntu 18.04. Here is already an answer on my question, but I as an absolute novice in Linux/UNIX don't know which ...
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I compiled ffmpeg and somehow installed it to /usr/local/bin/bin/ffmpeg. Can I move it myself without causing errors?
Since terminal can't find it anyways, I would assume it's safe to move, but I'm not sure how that would affect other files that either rely on ffmpeg install path if they do. FWIW I used
./configure -...
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Can't launch Qt Creator in Ubuntu 18.04
My environment initially had qt4 and Qt Creator seemed to work fine back then. I installed qt5 and after that Qt Creator does not launch anymore. Qt Creator works fine in my virtual machine however.
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How to fix apt-get: command not found in Ubuntu 18.10?
I'm trying to install software in Ubuntu 18.10 with sudo apt-get command, but it gave me the error – apt-get: command not found. I used locate apt-get and found that apt-get is located in /usr/bin, ...
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Zimbalaka: What is the full path to directory in celeryd.conf?
I am trying to install and run Zimbalaka (a Zim file creator for Offline MediaWiki in an app like Kiwix) in an Ubuntu Desktop 18.10.
At a certain point, instructions tell to modify a line to contain ...
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Chromium is showing a wrong path to the Desktop
I just installed chromium from the Ubuntu Software center, and when I try to download anything and choose the Desktop link from the left column located on that window that appears, it saves the ...
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Some apps do not launched by double left mouse click
Some app do not launched by double left mouse click if app's path has spaces!
App be launched if run in terminal.
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How to COPY a directory location? [duplicate]
I've been struggling with this since I've installed Ubuntu:
How do I copy a directory location?
For example:
/home/user/downloads/game/game.sh
Do I have to type every single letter on terminal?
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'sudo' is not available (command is not in the PATH)
Okay. I don't just copy-paste commands from the net, and I didn't see how/why that one would mess things up, but here....
I wanted to configure webstorm for dev. So I followed these instructions:
$ ...
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python get the correct path for a file
I want to write out the path of zipfiles, which are located in "zips" folder. Here is my code :
import os, zipfile
directory = 'zips'
for filename in os.listdir(directory):
if filename.endswith(...
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configure error line 38: sort: No such file or directory
Using configure, ends with the following message:
./configure: line 38: sort: No such file or directory
./configure: line 35: sed: No such file or directory
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IRSTLM path environment variable
I am trying to get IRSTLM to work.
I have set the pah using:
PATH=:/usr/local/lib/irstlm:$IRSTLM
And then when I am tyring to run the build-lm.sh function it is telling me that it is located in /usr/...
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Error while trying to install Nvidia drivers
Getting this error:
Unable to find the development tool make in your
path; please make sure that you have the package
'make' installed. If make is installed on your
system, then please check that ...
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