[Solved] .zprofile not sourced

GartenEden · 2016-04-10 18:36:49

Hello guys and girls,

I know, I know, there are a lot of results for this subject but I really looked them through and couldn't find a solution.

Actually, all I want is adding ~/bin/ to my $PATH. So, as described in the Arch Wiki, I added this to my .zprofile:

typeset -U path
path=(~/bin $path[@])

But it doesn't work. If I run "source .zprofile" manually, it does work though. So apprently, .zprofile isn't sourced.

What am I missing?

Last edited by GartenEden (2016-04-11 18:17:40)

WorMzy · 2016-04-10 18:41:07

Have you logged out and back in since editing .zprofile? It is only read for login shells.

GartenEden · 2016-04-10 18:42:51

I restarted the machine, yes.
For login shells only? You mean, it's not parsed for my gnome-terminal? Shall I put the code in .zshrc then?

WorMzy · 2016-04-10 18:56:32

It's not parsed for interactive shells, no, but the values set in the login shell should be inherited by the interactive shells. To be honest, I've never seen environment variable manipulation done like that. You may want to try a basic

export PATH="~/bin:$PATH"

in your zprofile instead and see if that works.

GartenEden · 2016-04-10 19:00:07

It's also described in zsh's guide. Anyway, I tried your suggestion, it doesn't work either.
As I said, if I source .zprofile by hand, the $PATH is updated for that terminal session, as expected.

WorMzy · 2016-04-10 19:17:06

Strange. Are you explicitly setting PATH anywhere in your .zshrc and/or .zlogin?

STARTUP/SHUTDOWN FILES
       Commands are first read from /etc/zshenv; this cannot be overridden.  Subsequent behaviour
       is modified by the RCS and GLOBAL_RCS options; the former affects all startup files, while
       the  second only affects global startup files (those shown here with an path starting with
       a /).  If one of the options is unset at any point, any subsequent startup file(s) of  the
       corresponding  type  will  not  be  read.   It  is also possible for a file in $ZDOTDIR to
       re-enable GLOBAL_RCS. Both RCS and GLOBAL_RCS are set by default.

       Commands are then read from $ZDOTDIR/.zshenv.  If the shell is a login shell, commands are
       read  from  /etc/zprofile and then $ZDOTDIR/.zprofile.  Then, if the shell is interactive,
       commands are read from /etc/zshrc and then $ZDOTDIR/.zshrc.  Finally, if the  shell  is  a
       login shell, /etc/zlogin and $ZDOTDIR/.zlogin are read.

GartenEden · 2016-04-10 19:29:29

This is my .zshrc.
(Both sourced files at the end don't change the $PATH)

My .zprofile consists only of

export PATH="~/bin:$PATH"

now. I logged out and in again.

jasonwryan · 2016-04-10 23:41:03

That hastebin link is broken...

Does this work?

typeset -U path
path=($HOME/bin $path)

GartenEden · 2016-04-11 07:11:43

Oh, they deleted it... Here is my .zshrc again.

@jasonwryan: As I said, the code seems once it is sourced—if I source it manually, it works—so I guess the problem is not the code the self but that .zprofile isn't sourced when I run my gnome-terminal. (I tried your snippet anyway, doesn't work.)

jasonwryan · 2016-04-11 07:18:28

How do you login? You aren't using GDM are you?

GartenEden · 2016-04-11 12:19:17

jasonwryan wrote:

How do you login? You aren't using GDM are you?

Yes, I do.

jasonwryan · 2016-04-11 16:45:59

Display Managers "helpfully" ignore some of the shell initialisation files. That is why your .zprofile isn't being read...

See: http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions … nvironment

GartenEden · 2016-04-11 16:52:30

@jasonwryan Thanks for the link.
So I decided to put the PATH part to .zshrc. I hope it's not too bad.

Anyway, it seems to work. Thank you for your help.

jasonwryan · 2016-04-11 18:16:37

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