David: That's great info! Thanks. --Tom > On September 4, 2020 9:08 PM David Wright <lily...@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote: > > > On Fri 04 Sep 2020 at 17:11:27 (-0400), Tom Swan wrote: > > […] Yes, I do set the PATH (in my case in .bashrc) > > Not the best place, though many people will notice nothing wrong. > When you enter a subshell, you get another modification of PATH > at each and every level. Presumably you source or "dot in" .bashrc > in your profile. If you want the lowdown, I always consult > https://mywiki.wooledge.org/DotFiles > (Neither he nor I uses a DM/DE.) > > > and I also use bash aliases similarly. > > Aliases are fine: you normally only expect them to work in interactive > shells, and they don't grow like PATH and other environment variables > when defined recursively. > > > I might have the install problem solved. > > Great. And thanks for posting text. > > Cheers, > David.
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