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help made mistake with export and ~/.bashrc (lemmy.ml)
submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by RavenofDespair@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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no command are working after i did this. i can still use the desktop and yes i fell silly

Acer Aspire ES1-533 Debian os

thanks for help :)

https://www.devopsroles.com/fix-grub-install-command-not-found-in-linux/

export PATH=/usr/sbin/grub-install/grub-install :/usr/local/sbin

source ~/.bashrc

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[–] mina86@lemmy.wtf 22 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Firstly, and most importantly, executing grub-install requires super-user privileges. Rather than adding it to PATH you should instead run the command through sudo. A regular user typically does not need any of sbin directories in their PATH.

As for the command itself, there are three things wrong with it:

  1. PATH should only include directories whereas you tried to add to it a path to an executable. So rather than /usr/sbin/grub-install/grub-install you should just add /usr/sbin.
  2. White space is significant, so the space before colon would make your command not work anyway.
  3. Rather than appending to PATH you’ve overwritten the variable. Instead you need PATH="$PATH:/usr/sbin/:/usr/local/sbin" (notice $PATH: at the beginning of the assignment).

Also, export is unnecessary since PATH is already an environment variable. (That’s also bashism but that’s likely an irrelevant issue).

[–] emotional_soup_88@programming.dev 7 points 3 days ago

"bashism" made my day