Re: Install as normal user
"Taj Morton" <[email protected]>
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On Nov 11, 2007 12:18 PM, Hans-Joachim Baader <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > > > when installing as non-root user the binaries are buried in > > > ~/.local/bin. IMO the user should be informed that he probably > > > needs to set a path to this directory. The menu entries could > > > use an absolute path so they work correcly. > > Autopackage is supposed to add ~/.local/bin to PATH. Did it not do > > this? You probably need to restart your bash shell before it will > > recognize the new PATH. > > how is this done? Entry in ~/.profile? Yes, we create a file called $HOME/.config/autopackage/paths-bash that contains the code to change the path, and then edit $HOME/.bashrc and/or $HOME/.bash_profile to execute the paths-bash file. - Taj > > > .desktop files install with installMenuItem again *should* be patched > > so that they have the complete path to the binary listed in Exec and > > TryExec. > > > > What distro is this that it's failing on? > > Debian 4.0. I currently don't have access to this system but in a few > days I could do more tests. > > Thank you, > > hjb > -- > Pro-Linux - Germany's largest volunteer Linux support site > http://www.pro-linux.de/ Public Key ID 0x3DDBDDEA > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFHN2OFLbySPj3b3eoRAsGHAJ9iRYmstCOtR18fGRVn4MhkYk8z5gCfZP4p > axb74zaPECnyZzxD7EDYah0= > =F99S > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- Taj http://www.wildgardenseed.com/Taj/blog Need a GMail invite? Email me. Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding. -- A. Einstein --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: autopackage-dev-unsubscribe-OfajU3CKLf1/[email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: autopackage-dev-help-OfajU3CKLf1/[email protected]