Simple variable assignment: Tilde does not expand in quotes

Question

I have the following expression that is giving an error, but I am unable to figure out the problem.

rcutils_path="~/Admir/bin/gungadin-1.0/rcutils"

# Re-map modifier keys for dvorak keyboard
xmodmap ${rcutils_path}/Xmodmap

Answer 1

rcutils_path=~/Admir/bin/gungadin-1.0/rcutils

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Tilde does not work inside quotes.

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If Admir is your user name, then avoid the first slash:

rcutils_path=~Admir/bin/gungadin-1.0/rcutils