Export command not found

Falcata · 2008-09-23 23:23:16

After doing a fresh install of Arch on my system (after Fedora and Mandriva), I installed a few different things. One of them was OpenOffice.org, which pacman displayed a message for saying:

 use "export OOO_FORCE_DESKTOP=kde" or
 use "export OOO_FORCE_DESKTOP=gnome" to preset your desired look,
 or put it in /etc/profile, rc.local, or ~/.bashrc.

Well, I tried following those instructions and got this message:

export: command not found

Which package is the export command in?

peart · 2008-09-23 23:26:21

export is a Bash built-in, I'm pretty sure. What shell are you using?

dschrute · 2008-09-23 23:31:51

export is a Bash built-in, I'm pretty sure.

It is indeed built-in wih bash - see http://www.ss64.com/bash/export.html

For (some) other shells the equivalent would be setenv.

Falcata · 2008-09-23 23:37:52

Yeah, I'm using bash, so this seems rather strange.

Last edited by Falcata (2008-09-23 23:38:05)

dschrute · 2008-09-24 00:10:16

Have you made any changes to .profile, .bash_profile or .bashrc ? Or maybe even /etc/profile ? try starting over with them, aqnd see what happens.

Last edited by dschrute (2008-09-24 00:10:41)

alanhaggai · 2008-09-24 00:58:05

I have no idea why export, shell builtin, is not working for you. However, you can try:

OOO_FORCE_DESKTOP=kde OO_executable
OOO_FORCE_DESKTOP=gnome OO_executable

Replace OO_executable with whatever the binary is named as. You can also try creating a launcher / shortcut to issue the above command.

Last edited by alanhaggai (2008-09-24 01:00:38)

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#1 2008-09-23 23:23:16

Export command not found

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Re: Export command not found

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#4 2008-09-23 23:37:52

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