[Solved] adding to environment variable PATH for all of Xfce

Skaperen · 2019-07-11 00:24:05

i'm sure i have asked this before but i cannot find it.

i want to change environment variable PATH when Xfce starts up to add another bin directory to PATH so that anywhere commands are run it can look in that directory. i want every process to inherit this new PATH.

because of many Ubuntu packages putting files in /usr/local and my own local files rebuilding its bin subdirectory from scratch, i have moved local stuff from /usr/local to the created name /usr/host (so i am adding /usr/host/bin and /usr/host/sbin to PATH) to make it easier to do. but that means adding those subdirectories to PATH everywhere (that i want to run my own commands or override an existing with the /usr/host subdirectories being up front).

i recall there was some script being run to start Xfce. but, i cannot find such a thing. does anyone know where this happens?

Last edited by Skaperen (2019-07-11 20:39:15)

MountainDewManiac · 2019-07-11 01:38:29

Are you using bash? If so, putting your

export PATH=$PATH:/directory

command into ~/.bashrc might be a good idea.

Regards,
MDM

Skaperen · 2019-07-11 02:54:38

that only effects the terminal bash sessions, not the Xfce processes. i already have that in my big 600+ line .bashrc script.

Skaperen · 2019-07-11 03:04:54

some lines from my ~/.bashrc file:

[[ -n "${USER}" ]] || USER=$(exec whoami)
export USER
case "${USER}" in
    (root|admin|admini)
        suffix=( {cmd,bin,pgm} )
        ;;
    (*)
        suffix=( {cmd,bin,pgm,games,scripts} )
        ;;
esac
path=""
prefix=( {${HOME}/,/usr{/host/,/local/,/},/}{s,.,} )
for p in "${prefix[@]}";do
    for s in "${suffix[@]}";do
        if [[ -d "$p$s" && -x "$p$s" ]];then
            path="$path:$p$s"
        fi
    done
done
export PATH="${path:1}"

ctac · 2019-07-11 15:22:24

Take a look at this thread .
Or man 5 Xsession.

Skaperen · 2019-07-11 20:38:15

ctac wrote:

Take a look at this thread .
Or man 5 Xsession.

thanks! it looks like /etc/X11/Xsession is the place. several other environment variables are already set there.

mint4all · 2019-07-12 15:26:49

Greetings!

Though you've [Solved} your spec already, the following solution might come in handy at some point, or might help someone else. Based on a suggestion i read a while ago (can't recall where) I've added (as root) my own system-wide/global variables to the /etc/environment file. Worked like a charm for me.

Cheers, m4a

ctac · 2019-07-13 06:33:21

mint4all wrote:

Based on a suggestion i read a while ago (can't recall where) I've added (as root) my own system-wide/global variables to the /etc/environment file. Worked like a charm for me.

I don't test your suggestion but it seem really more easy. smile
Tanks.

Skaperen · 2019-07-13 20:13:14

yeah /etc/environment seems sensible. i'll add mine there, too.

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