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Hi Guys ...

Am trying to set up "go" which needs a path set to /usr/local/go

Here is the output of $PATH (pictured) on a clean (no savefile) boot...

# $PATH
sh: /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/opt/qt5/bin: No such file or directory
#

^^ is this caused by the trailing " : " after the qt5/bin ? or is there something I'm missing?

PS thanks for posting compiz sfs - really cant live without it !

To show the PATH, run: echo $PATH

Thanks Fred - learn something every day!

So... to add GO to my path ... edit /etc/profile and modify the standard path line?

# standard path
PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/local/go/bin"

^^ This does seem to work...

# echo $PATH
/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/local/go/bin:/opt/qt5/bin
#

# whereis go
go: /usr/local/go /usr/local/go/bin/go
#

vv Ha! We posted at the same time.

Yes I see it - an export will work without the mod to /etc/profile

# go version
go version go1.22.3 linux/amd64
#

devildog wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2024 3:54 pm

Thanks Fred - learn something every day!

So... to add GO to my path ... edit /etc/profile and modify the standard path line?

# standard path
PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/local/go/bin"

I'm not sure, perhaps sufficient to run first with export; export PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/local/go/bin:$PATH"
(if the go binary is in reality located in /usr/local/go/bin/)
And then staying in the same terminal do the required go commands.

@devildog Probably you need also to set GOPATH variable : https://go.dev/wiki/GOPATH#gopath-variable