PATH not changing in X?

[Member Raziel408]

Hi, I installed texlive in the directory /opt/texlive/2019 and I need to add that directory to my PATH var. I created the script /etc/profile.d/texlive.sh whit the following content:

export PATH=$PATH:/opt/texlive/2019/bin/i386_64-linux
export MANPATH=$MANPATH:/opt/texlive/2019/texmf-dist/doc/man

and rebooted.
And nothing. Opened a terminal

echo $PATH
/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games:/sbin:/usr/sbin

But if I try another terminal (e.j. ctr+alt+f2):

echo $PATH
/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games:/opt/texlive/2019/bin/i386_64-linux:/sbin:/usr/sbin

What is going on?

[Forum Admin anticapitalista]

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antiX-19 defaults to booting into tty2 in live mode

• This reply was modified 3 years, 6 months ago by anticapitalista.

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[Member Raziel408]

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I installed antix and installed a program un the /opt directory. So I need to modify the PATH var for all users. so I created a shell script in the /etc/profile.d directory. But It doesn’t run. It runs in other terminals (tty2 tty3).

So whit some help I found this post:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/438150/scripts-in-etc-profile-d-being-ignored

So I understand that the graphic environment is not running /etc/profile.
How can I change that? I need it to run it for all users.

Edit:
Merged topics as these are of the same issue.

• This reply was modified 3 years, 6 months ago by Dave.
• This reply was modified 3 years, 6 months ago by Dave.

[Forum Admin Dave]

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Taking a shot in the dark, but perhaps the user shell is not defaulting to bash?

Maybe check your / etc / passwd file and see if the shell is set as bash

Aside from this (if you are using the proper shell) I think it might be due to an interactive vs non login/interactive shell instances. In which case sourcing it from ~/.bashrc instead of profile.d should work better.

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[Member Raziel408]

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I asume this line:

raziel:x:1000:1000::/home/raziel:/bin/bash

means my shell is set to bash. I’m prety sure is an interactive vs non login/interactive shell instances. And I really would like to learn how to set it up whit a script in /etc/profile.d I find that way more confortable.

• This reply was modified 3 years, 6 months ago by Raziel408.
• This reply was modified 3 years, 6 months ago by Raziel408.

[Forum Admin Dave]

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Possibly editing the slim login command to specify the -l option to the bash command would work?

Not certain but I think this is normal bash operations. The path variable iirc is normally set some where in the bashrc by default anyway. So if that comes after the profile source it would likely reset it. (though this is probably not the case as f2 console works). Also after solving it with terminal I am not sure if it will work with apps / scripts (such as the menu) as it would depend on how it is started / called which I think is different than the terminal in most instances.

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[Member wildstar84]

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Try editing /etc/slim.conf:

Look for “default_path ” line, which should have a “:”-separated list of paths, and add your path there, and restart X.

Regards,

Jim

[Member Raziel408]

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wildstar84 wrote:

Try editing /etc/slim.conf:

Look for “default_path ” line, which should have a “:”-separated list of paths, and add your path there, and restart X.

Regards,

Jim

This worked, I’m satisfied whit this solution, thanks a lot.

[Moderator Brian Masinick]

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Raziel408 wrote:

wildstar84 wrote:

Try editing /etc/slim.conf:

Look for “default_path ” line, which should have a “:”-separated list of paths, and add your path there, and restart X.

Regards,

Jim

This worked, I’m satisfied whit this solution, thanks a lot.

BobC and I had a conversation about this recently elsewhere.

The .profile, .bashrc, /etc/profile… configuration files all impact the operation of shells that operate from a terminal.

The file /etc/slim.conf also has a path; modifying it impacts the executable path of the graphical interface started by the slim login display manager.

Other login display managers (LightDM, xdm, etc.) have similar configuration files.

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