Questions tagged [paths]
Questions related to path in networking, file system and OS.
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How to copy file path to clipboard?
Suppose I have a file selected in Files. How can I copy it's full file path to the clipboard? hitting <CTRL>+L followed by <CTRL>+C (or <CTRL>+X) just copies the path of the parent ...
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MGLTools Segmentation Fault
I'm currently working as an intern for computational chemistry. One of the applications that we need is MGLTools which I installed using this website:
https://bioconda.github.io/recipes/mgltools/...
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Problem in executing terminal commands
Command 'sed' is available in the following places
* /bin/sed
* /usr/bin/sed
The command could not be located because '/usr/bin:/bin' is not included in the PATH environment variable.
sed: command ...
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Help to open tibia on ubuntu 24.04. QStandardPaths: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR not set, defaulting to '/tmp/runtime-root'
I'm trying to install tibia on my computer. I always receive the following error when I try to run the program. Can someone help me?
input:
sudo ./Tibia
output:QStandardPaths: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR not set,...
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How is ~/.local/bin getting on my PATH
I noticed an anomaly with how my PATH is being configured on a new install of 22.04. Initially ~/.local/bin appeared twice. I reduced it to one time by commenting out the relevant block in ~/....
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systemd PATH not working consistently
I have a very simple systemd service:
[Unit]
Description=throttle service
[Service]
ExecStart=%h/.local/bin/throttle --server
Type=simple
Restart=always
RestartSec=3
[Install]
WantedBy=default....
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Help repairing broken Python base on Linux with Miniedit-WiFi setup
I previously uninstalled Python3.12 (on which I had ran Miniedit-WiFi
tool) and left the default Python3.11; however the following
console-log error keeps popping out whenever I run a Python script on ...
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Find default library paths location in Ubuntu
I'm on an Ubuntu 22.04 system and I'm working with C language and libraries.
I know (from different books, included "The Linux Programming Interface" by Kerrisk) that this algorithm is used ...
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Latex Workshop error: Cannot find LaTeX root file
I recently changed from Windows to Ubuntu because I'm learning to code. I used to write my class assignments in LaTeX using vscode and Latex Workshop. However, I've tried to set it up in Ubuntu and I'...
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How to get the path for a new USB drive
Recently I installed a 2TB usb drive on Ubuntu 20.04, and copied some files onto it. Now I would like to read those files in a Python program, but I can't get the path to the new drive.
The drive is /...
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Why does c++ app launched from the Netbeans use Netbeans install dir?
When I run a simple application that uses a library, Ogre3D in my case, from NetBeans, it breaks with the following message:
Error occurred during execution: InternalErrorException:
Could not load ...
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Where can I add to the ***universal*** path?
I'm a script kiddie of sorts and enjoy writing bash scripts for things, and I keep them in a repository that I synchronize, and on my personal computers I keep it in a home/otherStuff/customBin folder,...
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How to remove a particular bin from path/auto-complete?
I don't have sudo privileges on my work laptop and tmuxinator is installed, but I wish to use tmuxifier instead. I successfully installed the latter (without needing sudo by using git), but now, ...
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Snap Paths Aren't Listed Properly
Note: I am using the example of discord but this is for all snap apps that i installed from the software center.
I needed NodeJs for something and had to go through alot of steps as it simply would ...
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Accidentally changed PATH variable and I cant change it back, or use vim etc..help
I know there are many questions like this, but I unfortunately dont know enough about Ubuntu to be able to apply it to my situation. I have all my stuff saved for work on a remote machine, that i ...
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Adding simple shortcut on the terminal, the right way
I am trying to add folder to PATH variable (for specific user only).
so to ~/.bashrc i have added
export PATH=$PATH:/home/username/Tools/scripts/
within this folder i am having scripts and some ...
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Set LD_LIBRARY_PATH for with symlinks
As per the Ubuntu documentation - the only way to permanently set LD_LIBRARY_PATH is by adding a conf file to /etc/ld.so.conf.d/
If I manually run export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=~/nextcloudapp/squashfs-root/...
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Terminal is neither showing path nor working
The default terminal and the VS code Terminal are neither showing path nor working.
I have updated the system, cleared the cache, reinstalled the terminal, installed the new other terminals, and saw ...
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flatpak program - add to path such that terminal knows the program
I can usually fire op blender via the terminal by executing blender. This worked out of the box, when using snap. However, the version in snap was very old so I found a newer version in flatpak.
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ns3 installation error
NS3_MODULE_PATH = ['/usr/local/sbin', '/usr/local/bin', '/usr/sbin', '/usr/bin', '/sbin', '/bin', '/usr/games', '/usr/local/games', '/usr/lib/wsl/lib', '/mnt/c/Program Files/Common Files/Oracle/Java/...
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How to solve "Please make sure libcudnn_cnn_infer.so.8 is in your library path!" (WSL Ubuntu)
When I try to run a PyTorch program, it fails:
Could not load library libcudnn_cnn_infer.so.8. Error: libcuda.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Please make sure ...
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How to create an alias for a "cat" file usable in a path
I have two huge files (150G each) and I need to use a tool for which I should supply them as a single file (since the tool only accepts one file). However, I do not want to merge these files for ...
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How do I use sudo on a script I made myself that is already in my path and executable?
How do I make a script that I made myself that I already put in my path and made executable usable with sudo? (Xubuntu 22.04.1.)
The script is located here: ~/bin/myScript.
When, from an arbitrary ...
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Keyboard shortcuts don't see my custom executable
On Ubuntu 22.04 I have an executable (bash) file in custom folder scripts in the home. The path of the latter is properly included at the end of the .bashrc file (and also at the end of the .profile ...
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adding files to ~/.local/bin doesn't add it to the $PATH
I've added fm6000 file to the ~/.local/bin folder assuming it'll be the same as adding it to /usr/bin folder. Though that's not the case. There are many files in ~/.local/bin folder that don't work. I'...
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How to remove a directory's path from the enviroment variable PATH permanently?
I just removed the miniconda3's folder from home/username/, now i want to remove its path from my $PATH variable permanently.
As you can see below, it's the first one:
/home/username/miniconda3/bin:/...
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In concatenating two variables, the system expands the resulting path and returns unexpected results. How do I prevent this?
Question 2.0:
Given the code:
SSLPasswordFilePath="$SSLFilesDir$SSLPasswordFile"
When I run:
"$SSLPasswordFilePath"
I get this unexpected result:
/tmp/ConfigFiles/SSL/Password....
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OpenSSL and includePath problem
I have been encountering this problem for a few weeks now, ever since I started working on my projects. There is a red line under all of my #include lines.
Red lines under #include:
I narrowed the ...
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Can not find executable path of flatpak apps
App installed using apt package manager starts running when I type the app name in terminal like firefox. [Using Kubuntu 22.04]
which firefox
This command will show the path of firefox in my system.
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Software Installation Linux: What does "utilities must be accessible via the system path" mean?
I want to install a software called MUMmer(http://mummer.sourceforge.net/manual/) on my Ubuntu 18.04 machine.
The manual says that it requires some third party software to run successfully. I ...
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Use of hidden file in system path
In 20.04 I used .bashrc to include a hidden folder in my system path:
/home/robert/.local/...
Since upgrading to 22.04, it appears that the system no longer searches this folder. Has this changed in ...
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How does PATH get its contents back after I restart the shell?
Exercise 2 from Missing Semester asks the following:
Run PATH= and try running the previous commands again, some work and some don’t, can you figure out why?
Setting PATH= removes all the contents ...
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How to add browser cutable path in ubuntu
just trying out ubuntu, and installed a node/npm CLI application where we can run the command in the terminal. That command/tool requires us to specify the browser e
cutable path every time when we ...
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No such file or directory when running sqlplus command
root@instance-20220315-0833:/usr/lib/oracle/19.10/client64/bin# ls
adrci genezi sqlplus
root@instance-20220315-0833:/usr/lib/oracle/19.10/client64/bin# ls -al
sqlplus
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 72384 ...
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How do I get snap out of my $PATH?
When I echo $PATH the output ends in .../usr/local/games:/snap/bin
I had an ugly breakup with snap after a brief flirtation, how can I get it out of my $PATH?
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ffmpeg-normalize not working in Python
I have ffmpeg-normalize installed through pip3
It seems to work from the terminal but I need to run it through python subprocess.
Everytime I try to run it the error says:
/bin/sh: 1: ffmpeg-normalize:...
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Ubuntu CLI, replace a long filepath/filename with a shortcut
I have a long path to some of my files and I don't want to type and/or use the Tab-key as much when using it with commands in the Terminal.
So I want to add "shortcuts" to some of them (both ...
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After installing youtube-dl on Ubuntu 21.10 with the instructions on github many applications, including default text editor, broke
A new user here, running ubuntu on version 21.10 impish.
I was installing youtube-dl with the instructions on the github page (https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl#installation):
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How do I put extracted folder 'Cleanto' on my website root so that the path should look like http://yourwebsite/cleanto/index.php [closed]
How do I do step 3? I am not tech savvy, so please make it simple.
Way to Installation We are trying to make the installation process more easy and handy so that user can install our system in his ...
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Desktop file doesn't work
I'm trying to make a desktop file for vcvRack. I have the program and other files saved in ~/.Rack/. The program launches fine when I double click it or launch in from terminal using ./Rack.
The file ~...
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When Dolphin finds a file, what is the path to that file?
When Dolphin finds a file, it does not indicate the path to that file. How can I find out what that path is?
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Where is WSL located on my computer?
I am new to Windows and have installed WSL2 based on the instructions provided here.
It works fine, but I cannot locate where it has been installed on my computer. The output for pwd is home/nkp68.
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How can I change source directory from System 32? [closed]
I am a newbie in Ubuntu. When I open my terminal, the source path (directory) starts with System32, how can I change it to User or Desktop ?
When I type cmd.exe :
Microsoft Windows [version 10.0.19042....
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KDE applications installed through plasma-discover not showing, must be launched through Software Center
KDE version: Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS
Plasma Discover Version: 5.18.5-0ubuntu0.1
I rebooted my PC and afterwards, any applications I had previously installed through plasma-discover (https://userbase.kde....
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Modify path to include quotes
Ubuntu is installed on a Windows OS. I have searched and found how to add a new path but I'm not quite getting how to modify a path that already exists and then adding quotes around paths with spaces. ...
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Error while loading .profile on ubuntu 20.04
Yesterday I have changed my .profile to include go path. And it looks like this:
if [ -n "$BASH_VERSION" ]; then
# include .bashrc if it exists
if [ -f "$HOME/.bashrc" ]; then
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Find the absolute path for the root of the codebase
I need to find the absolute path for the root of the codebase.... is that a way to get it out easily??
I have a website that runs on on EC2 AWS/Ubuntu written at 95% in PHP and is linked with plesk. I ...
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Can we have multiple path/directories for fonts in linux?
Is there anyway to have multiple directories for loading fonts in Linux distros? Or loading the fonts from a directory inside .fonts such as .fonts/DIRECTORY?
I have two sets of fonts, and I don't ...
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"/usr/bin/python: No module named virtualenvwrapper" error when opening terminal
I'm using Ubuntu 20.04 (clean installation, I did not upgrade from a previous one) and when I open a new terminal (simply by Ctrl+Alt+T), it always starts with the output shown below (also shown in ...
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Texlive 2021: tlmgr
I have installed Texlive 2021 on Ubuntu 21.04 on a new laptop. There aren't previous version of Texlive in the system.
I have had to install it as root user since, while trying to install it as simple ...
