The other thing to realise is export is only valid for the current terminal window
So if you do an export it only applies to the current terminal window, as soon as you close that window or open a different terminal window those settings are gone. If you want them to be available in all terminal windows you need to add those settings to your profile file which should be ~/.bash_profile on OS X Rob On 23/10/2015 19:46, "A. Soroka" <[email protected]> wrote: >/Desktop is probably not a real directory. Maybe you are looking for >/Users/$yourname/Desktop? > >Try going into your Jena download directory and using ‘pwd’. That will >tell you what is the real location of $JENAROOT. > >--- >A. Soroka >The University of Virginia Library > >> On Oct 23, 2015, at 11:41 AM, Livier Guidat <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> (mm well I am "new" mac user) >> >> IF >> export PATH="$PATH:$JENAROOT/bin" >> echo $PATH >> >> THEN I get >> >>/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.5/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/ >>sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/git/bin:/Desktop/Mana >> /apache-jena-3.0.0/bin >> >> FINE, BUT after: >> >> cd $JENAROOT >> >> -bash: cd: /Desktop/Mana/apache-jena-3.0.0:* No such file or directory* >> >> Any clue? >> >> Thanks >> >> 2015-10-23 18:08 GMT+03:00 Andy Seaborne <[email protected]>: >> >>> (I'm not a mac user) >>> >>> On 23/10/15 10:08, Livier Guidat wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> Well, I've checked the PATH, and this is exactly what I did: >>>> >>>> iMac-Devi:~ devi$ export JENAROOT=/Desktop/Mana/apache-jena-3.0.0 >>>> >>> >>> ls -l -d $JENAROOT >>> >>> iMac-Devi:~ devi$ export PATH=$PATH:$JENAROOT/bin >>>> >>> >>> export PATH="$PATH:$JENAROOT/bin" >>> echo $PATH >>> >>> iMac-Devi:~ devi$ sparql --version >>>> -bash: sparql: command not found >>>> >>>> AND >>>> >>>> iMac-Devi:~ devi$ cd DESKTOP/Mana >>>> iMac-Devi:Mana devi$ ls >>>> apache-jena-3.0.0 >>>> iMac-Devi:Mana devi$ cd JENAROOT >>>> >>> >>> cd $JENAROOT >>> pwd -P >>> ls -l bin >>> >>> >>> -bash: cd: JENAROOT: No such file or directory >>>> >>>> What I am missing? >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> L.G >>>> >>>> 2015-10-23 12:00 GMT+03:00 Andy Seaborne <[email protected]>: >>>> >>>> On 23/10/15 07:12, Livier Guidat wrote: >>>>> >>>>> What i did (simply) I was following this: >>>>>> >>>>>> - export JENAROOT=*the directory I downloaded Jena to* >>>>>> - export PATH=$PATH:$JENAROOT/bin >>>>>> >>>>>> But it seems that JENAROOT isn't there as I get command not found: >>>>>> >>>>>> - sparql --version >>>>>> -bash: sparql: *command not found* >>>>>> >>>>>> Any clue what to do? >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>> Liv. G. >>>>>> >>>>>> Check PATH: >>>>>> >>>>> Is JENAROOT correct and an absolute path? >>>>> .. with no spaces >>>>> >>>>> Does the file exist? >>>>> >>>>> Is it marked executable? >>>>> >>>>> Andy >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >
