The path for executables in user-scope installation is always like that. As far as I know, think there's not a great answer for where to put user-scope executables, especially across platforms.
One more option to consider: add a `raco` command. That avoids the PATH issue by changing the PATH search into a raco-tool search as controlled by "info.rkt" files. At Mon, 1 Mar 2021 10:52:42 +0000, Laurent wrote: > Hi all, > > I want to share a program with non-racketeers, as a package/collection > named myprog (say), and I want to make it as simple as possible for the > user. > > [The Racket Installation instructions need some work by the way, it's not > very user friendly on linux. It could at least say that `[sudo] apt install > racket` should work on debian/ubuntu (thanks Asumu!), but also say to > otherwise download the .sh and run it with `$ sh racket-...sh`] > > My first idea was to have the user run: > $ racket -l- myprog args ... > > but I'm told `racket-launcher-names > <https://docs.racket-lang.org/raco/setup-info.html?q=racket-launcher-names#%28id > x._%28gentag._18._%28lib._scribblings%2Fraco%2Fraco..scrbl%29%29%29>` > may make it even simpler as the user could invoke > $ myprog args ... > > which is neat. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to be so straightforward due > to PATH issues: > I installed a snapshot/nightly as a unix distribution (as I always do), and > the myprog launcher is successfully created at > /home/<me>/.racket/snapshot/bin/myprog > but this isn't in my PATH, so it can't be found and the 'neat' > invocation above doesn't work. > > Questions: > * Is this specific to my weird snapshot+Unix-style installation? > * Can I expect this to work trouble-free on Windows, Mac, Linux (at least > debian/ubuntu) when installing a release the way a new user would do? > > If it requires any work by the user to make it work, it seems that asking > to do > $ racket -l- myprog > is simpler. > > Thanks, > Laurent > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Racket Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email > to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-users/CABNTSaFfh6wio5YwUqjmoCTLPR_CpS14 > C%2BKw8S-pPKdww-ffDg%40mail.gmail.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Racket Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-users/20210301062653.33e%40sirmail.smtps.cs.utah.edu.
