Ok after this I did a bit try out and /etc/environment doesn't function. I took away /usr/games from my ~/.bashrc, then restarted and did this: $ cat /etc/environment PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games"
to be sure /usr/games is in that file. But it isn't enough: $ supertuxkart Command 'supertuxkart' is available in '/usr/games/supertuxkart' The command could not be located because '/usr/games' is not included in the PATH environment variable. supertuxkart: command not found So any other ideas? :P 2011/5/16 JC Hulce <[email protected]> > I did some research on this. See > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EnvironmentVariables > There are several places that we could use to specify $PATH: > ===Session-wide environment variables=== > ~/.profile - This is probably the best file for placing environment > variable assignments in, since it gets executed automatically by the > DisplayManager during the startup process desktop session as well as by the > login shell when one logs-in from the textual console. > ~/.bash_profile or ~./bash_login - If one of these file exist, bash > executes it rather then "~/.profile" when it is started as a login shell. > (Bash will prefer "~/.bash_profile" to "~/.bash_login"). However, these > files won't influence a graphical session by default. > ~/.bashrc - Because of the way Ubuntu currently sets up the various > script files by default, this may be the easiest place to set variables in. > The default configuration nearly guarantees that this file will be executed > in each and every invocation of bash as well as while logging in to the > graphical environment. However, performance-wise this may not be the best > thing to do since it will cause values to be unnecessarily set many times. > > ===System-wide environment variables=== > /etc/environment - This file is specifically meant for system-wide > environment variable settings. It is not a script file, but rather consists > of assignment expressions, one per line. Specifically, this file stores the > system-wide locale and path settings. > /etc/profile - This file gets executed whenever a bash login shell is > entered (e.g. when logging in from the console or over ssh), as well as by > the DisplayManager when the desktop session loads. This is probably the file > you will get referred to when asking veteran UNIX system administrators > about environment variables. In Ubuntu, however, this file does little more > then invoke the /etc/bash.bashrc file. > /etc/bash.bashrc - This is the system-wide version of the ~/.bashrc > file. Ubuntu is configured by default to execute this file whenever a user > enters a shell or the desktop environment. > > Obviously, we shouldn't use the per-user ones because there might be > several users on a system. Also, some of these files might already be > owned by a package (most are shipped by bash itself). /etc/environment > looks like the best option since it is system wide and not owned. Maybe > we could ship a custom version of that? > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are a member of Team UGR, > which is subscribed to ugr-meta. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/778900 > > Title: > Cannot start games, wrong $PATH > > Status in Ubuntu Gnome Remix Metapackages: > Confirmed > > Bug description: > can't start foobillard or any other game that is located in /usr/games > ,from the menu or from any location Inside a terminal because > /usr/games isnt't in the Environment Variable Path. > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntugnometeam > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntugnometeam > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > -- Davide Alberelli. ___ OpenPGP: 8CB4467F ___ On Google <http://www.google.com/profiles/dadexix86>, deviantART<http://dadexix86.deviantart.com/gallery/>and Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/pages/Davide-Alberelli/135077949894816>.
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