Add linux command without modifying PATH

Often I install stuff that I want to use on the command line that would require modifying the PATH variable. An alternative is to symlink the command wanted to /usr/local/bin (or whatever bin folder already in your path)

Example for gradle (install using apt-get was not working on Ubuntu)

sudo ln -s /opt/apps/gradle/bin/gradle /usr/local/bin/gradle
export GRADLE_HOME=/opt/apps/gradle

The command is then accessible in any script that use the hash bang #!/usr/bin/env

#!/usr/bin/env gradle

Popular posts from this blog

Fixing "DerInputStream.getLength(): lengthTag=109, too big" in Android Studio

This happened to me in Android Studio after AndroidX migration and using the new testing framework. Even deleting the existing ~/.android/debug.keystore was failing for me The solution was regenerate it manually (accept all questions as empty and say yes at the last one) $ keytool -genkey -v -keystore debug.keystore -storepass android -alias androiddebugkey -keypass android -keyalg RSA -keysize 2048 -validity 10000 And copy it $ rm ~/.android/debug.keystore $ cp debug.keystore ~/.android/debug.keystore
Read more

Simple Samba setup on Lubuntu

I have a simple lubuntu server where I setup a ssh server. While it is sufficient to access a driver/folder from another linux machine using sftp, it is a pain from Windows & Mac, so unfortunately, samba is still needed here. For simplicity I needed only one samba user that I could map to a single user on my lubuntu machine Following the various tutorial I ended up doing this with simple commands Install samba $ sudo apt-get install samba Add myuser to the samba $ sudo smbpasswd -a myuser Export the drive I needed (no guest user) $ sudo vi /etc/samba/smb.conf to add the following export (no real option needed here) [files] path = /media/music/files writeable = yes save and Restart samba $ sudo service smbd restart
Read more

Solving: insufficient permissions for device: user in plugdev group; are your udev rules wrong

This happens on Ubuntu almost each time I add a new device: Check that your are in plugdev group $ id uid=1000(alex) gid=1000(alex) groups=1000(alex),4(adm),24(cdrom),27(sudo),30(dip),46(plugdev),116(lpadmin),126(sambashare),127(kvm),129(libvirt),134(chrome-remote-desktop) If not (i.e. plugdev not displayed), add it: $ sudo usermod -aG plugdev alex If you get 'insufficient permissions for device: user in plugdev group; are your udev rules wrong' when trying to debug, you'll need to add your device: First i used lsusb to find my vendor id (here I guess google) $ lsusb Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub ... Bus 001 Device 025: ID 18d1:4ee7 Google Inc. .. Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub .. Bus 001 Device 020: ID 05e0:2106 Symbol Technologies USB2.1 Hub As suggested in https://developer.android.com/studio/run/device.html the solution was to sudo gedit /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules Add th...
Read more