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Davide Alberelli (dadexix86) wrote : Re: [Ubuntugnometeam] [Bug 778900] Re: Cannot start games, wrong $PATH

The big problem is that if there are more accounts, you have to do it on all
the users accounts.

2011/6/10 23dornot23d <email address hidden>

> I did it like this - is this the correct way to do it ?
>
> _________________________________________________
>
> What did you change in here to make it work ok (please) ?
> (but editing the .profile file worked)
>
> Needs to do - if it does not exist then add it - otherwise ignore it
> ......
>
>
> # ~/.profile: executed by the command interpreter for login shells.
> # This file is not read by bash(1), if ~/.bash_profile or ~/.bash_login
> # exists.
> # see /usr/share/doc/bash/examples/startup-files for examples.
> # the files are located in the bash-doc package.
>
> # the default umask is set in /etc/profile; for setting the umask
> # for ssh logins, install and configure the libpam-umask package.
> #umask 022
>
> # if running bash
> if [ -n "$BASH_VERSION" ]; then
> # include .bashrc if it exists
> if [ -f "$HOME/.bashrc" ]; then
> . "$HOME/.bashrc"
> fi
> fi
>
> # set PATH so it includes user's private bin if it exists
> if [ -d "$HOME/bin" ] ; then
> PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"
> fi
>
>
> _________________________
>
> so I suppose you could say
>
> # set PATH so it includes /usr/games
> if [ -d "/usr/games" ] ; then
> PATH="/usr/games:$PATH"
> fi
>
> ____________________
> - will this work ok .... ?
>
>
> JUST TRIED IT AND IT WORKS SO GUESS SO
>
> Now Alt+F2 works .... gbrainy ...... not that I use it .... but who
> knows - I might now,
>
> keith@keith-MS-7181:~$ gbrainy
> gbrainy 1.65 (built on 2011-04-11 01:01:38 UTC)
> Extensions database: /home/keith/.config/gbrainy
> Games registered: 157: 60 logic puzzles, 11 calculation trainers, 10 memory
> trainers, 76 verbal analogies
> Startup time 00:00:00.5510620
>
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> 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.
>
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