Re: Strange Problem with 'alias'

[Michael Milliman]

On Tue, 2016-11-08 at 15:04 -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 08, 2016 at 02:37:34PM -0500, Henning wrote:
> > Put your aliases into .bash_ptofile
> 
> No, don't do that.  Make your login shell profile source or dot in
> ~/.bashrc instead.
> 
Ok, now I have to ask the queston, maybe a tangent and maybe not
important to OP, but why is it better to source in .bashrc from .profile
rather than putting the commands in .bash_profile??

-- 
73s de WB5VQX

Re: Strange Problem with 'alias'

[Greg Wooledge]

On Tue, Nov 08, 2016 at 02:37:34PM -0500, Henning wrote:
> Put your aliases into .bash_ptofile

No, don't do that.  Make your login shell profile source or dot in
~/.bashrc instead.

Re: Strange Problem with 'alias'

[Henning]

> On Nov 8, 2016, at 2:01 PM, S. P. Molnar  wrote:
> 
> I am running Debian v-8.5.0 with the bash shell and a number of alias's 
> defined.
> 
> For example alias l='ls -l --color'
> 
> When I boot the system none of the definitions of alias in .bashrc are 
> active.  That is until I open a terminal and input source .bashrc.  So far, 
> so good alias works - in that terminal!  If I open a tab in the same terminal 
> the alias's are gone!!!
> 
> I keep the system up to date.
> 
> Is this fatal?  NO  Very annoying? YES
> 
> I  don't have the faintest idea as to what is going on.
> 
> A solyutio to this problem, short of a new installation of the OS, will be 
> very appreciated.  Thanks in advance.
> 
> 


There is a difference between login shell and interactive shell.

Put your aliases into .bash_ptofile
> 

Re: Strange Problem with 'alias'

[S. P. Molnar]

On 11/08/2016 02:01 PM, S. P. Molnar wrote:
I am running Debian v-8.5.0 with the bash shell and a number of 
alias's defined.


For example alias l='ls -l --color'

When I boot the system none of the definitions of alias in .bashrc are 
active.  That is until I open a terminal and input source .bashrc.  So 
far, so good alias works - in that terminal!  If I open a tab in the 
same terminal the alias's are gone!!!


I keep the system up to date.

Is this fatal?  NO  Very annoying? YES

I  don't have the faintest idea as to what is going on.

A solyutio to this problem, short of a new installation of the OS, 
will be very appreciated.  Thanks in advance.


An addendum to the above.  It would appear to be xfce5-terminal at 
fault.  If I use UXTerm or XTermthe alias definitions are active.


Reinstalling xfce4-terminal generated the messages:


(synaptic:14233): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_child_watch_add_full: assertion 
'pid > 0' failed

(Reading database ... 243321 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../xfce4-terminal_0.6.3-1+b1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking xfce4-terminal (0.6.3-1+b1) over (0.6.3-1+b1) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.58) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.0.2-5) ...
Setting up jre1.8.0-112 (1.8.0112-1) ...
Error: unpack200 - command could not be found.

Please refer to the Troubleshooting section of theInstallation Instructions
on the download page.
/var/lib/dpkg/info/jre1.8.0-112.postinst: line 641: 
/usr/sbin/alternatives: No such file or directory

dpkg: error processing package jre1.8.0-112 (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit 
status 127

Setting up xfce4-terminal (0.6.3-1+b1) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 jre1.8.0-112
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install.  Trying to recover:
Setting up jre1.8.0-112 (1.8.0112-1) ...
Error: unpack200 - command could not be found.

Please refer to the Troubleshooting section of theInstallation Instructions
on the download page.
/var/lib/dpkg/info/jre1.8.0-112.postinst: line 641: 
/usr/sbin/alternatives: No such file or directory

dpkg: error processing package jre1.8.0-112 (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit 
status 127

Errors were encountered while processing:
 jre1.8.0-112

Synaptic gives me the following message:

E: jre1.8.0-112: subprocess installed post-installation script returned 
error exit status 127


Solution(s) please?

Again, thanks in advance.

--
Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D.Life is a fuzzy set
www.Molecular-Modeling.net  Stochastic and multivariate
(614)312-7528 (c)
Skype:  smolnar1

Strange Problem with 'alias'

[S. P. Molnar]

I am running Debian v-8.5.0 with the bash shell and a number of alias's 
defined.


For example alias l='ls -l --color'

When I boot the system none of the definitions of alias in .bashrc are 
active.  That is until I open a terminal and input source .bashrc.  So 
far, so good alias works - in that terminal!  If I open a tab in the 
same terminal the alias's are gone!!!


I keep the system up to date.

Is this fatal?  NO  Very annoying? YES

I  don't have the faintest idea as to what is going on.

A solyutio to this problem, short of a new installation of the OS, will 
be very appreciated.  Thanks in advance.


--
Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D.Life is a fuzzy set
www.Molecular-Modeling.net  Stochastic and multivariate
(614)312-7528 (c)
Skype:  smolnar1