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I am new to Ubuntu (coming from Windows 7) and I am trying to add a directory to my system path and for some reason I can't get it to work. I am using Ubuntu version 12.04 LTS

I tried following this article without success How to add a directory to the PATH?

Here are my steps:

  1. In my home directory I am editing the .profile file.
  2. Under the “# set PATH so it includes user's private bin if it exists” section I added the following:

    if [ -d "$HOME/bin" ] ; then 
       PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH:home/vincent/google_appengine"  
    fi
    
  3. I logout and log back in.

  4. open the terminal window and type in:

    vincent@ubuntu:~$ dev_appserver.py 
    dev_appserver.py: command not found
    

The directory and files are in the location. What am I doing wrong?

2 Answers 2

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  • The code in the if statement is only used if there's a directory $HOME/bin is a directory
  • I needs to be /home/vincent/google_appengine instead of home/vincent/google_appengine or (even better) $HOME/google_appengine because home is relative and /home is absolute.

Use

export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/google_appengine"

Remember anything in the $PATH before google_appengine will override it.

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Add this line at the end of .profile(or not inside an if statement):

export PATH=$PATH:/home/vincent/google_appengine

Example .profile :

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export LC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8"

export PATH=$PATH:/home/vincent/google_appengine
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  • +1 Thanks pl1nk! I tried the accepted answer the first time and it worked.
    – Zaffiro
    Jun 9, 2012 at 0:42
  • @Zaffiro - You are welcome, you were both posting at the same time :)
    – pl1nk
    Jun 9, 2012 at 0:44

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