Path is there, but cannot call one program without specifying path

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How to correctly add a path to PATH?

I installed "perf" on Linux. But I can only use it by specifying the path: ~/bin/perf

I checked path by using echo and I found /bin is there.

What else should I do?

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 08 '12 at 06:46

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~/bin is not /bin. Add it to $PATH.

answered Mar 08 '12 at 06:46

but I got this, why? " `/home/paul/bin': not a valid identifier " – Anders Lind Mar 08 '12 at 07:26
@AndersLind: get rid of the whitespace. It should be `export PATH=foo:bar:baz`, not `export PATH = foo:bar:baz`. Shells are sensitive to this sort of thing. – Alexios Mar 08 '12 at 11:17

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 08 '12 at 07:42

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You have to add ~/bin to $PATH. You can do it with this command :

export PATH="$PATH":~/bin

You can check your PATH variable with env :

env | grep  ^PATH=

answered Mar 08 '12 at 07:42

Coren

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Another way to check PATH variable is simply `echo $PATH`. – jofel Mar 08 '12 at 08:32

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