must restart after installing firefox and kde...WHY????

amdviaman · 2005-12-16 01:19:01

Every time I set up an arch box, when I install firefox or kde (probably others) I must restart the computer before I can even execute them. This is mighty inconvenient and un-linux-like, I noticed that during the bootup, the Updating Shared Library Links takes a little longer after installing firefox or kde, is there a command I can run that does this after installing firefox or kde that dosen't require me to restart?

iBertus · 2005-12-16 01:20:56

have you tried logging out and then back in? that's usually all it takes. the problem is that stuff like kde and firefox are put in /opt/<pkgname> and the paths must be updated before you can execute them properly.

amdviaman · 2005-12-16 01:24:55

No, I haven't tried that. thank you! I will try it the next time I set up an arch box.

phrakture · 2005-12-16 01:51:19

You can also just "source /etc/profile" - but that won't help your window manager or anything

stonecrest · 2005-12-16 04:08:45

phrakture wrote:

You can also just "source /etc/profile" - but that won't help your window manager or anything

I wish pacman or the .install files would check to see if /opt/foo, the path that the package was just installed to, is in $PATH and automatically source /etc/profile if it's not. I swear this is a top 10 question from users and rightfully so, they shouldn't have to deal with this. In my humble opinion.

Cerebral · 2005-12-16 04:20:24

stonecrest wrote:

phrakture wrote:
You can also just "source /etc/profile" - but that won't help your window manager or anything
I wish pacman or the .install files would check to see if /opt/foo, the path that the package was just installed to, is in $PATH and automatically source /etc/profile if it's not. I swear this is a top 10 question from users and rightfully so, they shouldn't have to deal with this. In my humble opinion.

Actually, it'd probably be smarter to make the package source /etc/profile if it installs a script into /etc/profile.d

phrakture · 2005-12-16 16:12:41

stonecrest wrote:

phrakture wrote:
You can also just "source /etc/profile" - but that won't help your window manager or anything
I wish pacman or the .install files would check to see if /opt/foo, the path that the package was just installed to, is in $PATH and automatically source /etc/profile if it's not. I swear this is a top 10 question from users and rightfully so, they shouldn't have to deal with this. In my humble opinion.

I'm pretty sure most do - however, that only sources it for root, not the user running - I have no idea, off the top of my head, if this works correctly under sudo.

However, the important part is that your WM/DE is running under a totally different environment setup, and the 'export' stuff does not reach it.

I can't really think of a good way to get around it - I know it's rather irritating to some people. I wonder if adding something like "/opt/*/bin" to the PATH by default would work... I don't think it globs properly though...

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#1 2005-12-16 01:19:01

must restart after installing firefox and kde...WHY????

#2 2005-12-16 01:20:56

Re: must restart after installing firefox and kde...WHY????

#3 2005-12-16 01:24:55

Re: must restart after installing firefox and kde...WHY????

#4 2005-12-16 01:51:19

Re: must restart after installing firefox and kde...WHY????

#5 2005-12-16 04:08:45

Re: must restart after installing firefox and kde...WHY????

#6 2005-12-16 04:20:24

Re: must restart after installing firefox and kde...WHY????

#7 2005-12-16 16:12:41

Re: must restart after installing firefox and kde...WHY????

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