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authorThayne McCombs <astrothayne@gmail.com>2021-07-20 09:05:01 -0600
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2021-07-20 09:05:01 -0600
commit024309f37850415ae01415d850daaca6c30e7146 (patch)
tree2ee1a4d15cc2bc85b18a2fddaa3b7e867986085d
parentac4ded5b2700890c75f9cf474c1838aa4368807a (diff)
Add comment to README about making sure .local/bin is on PATH (#797)
To make it more clear how to set up the symlin on debian/ubuntu. Fixes #791
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@@ -500,6 +500,7 @@ sudo apt install fd-find
Note that the binary is called `fdfind` as the binary name `fd` is already used by another package.
It is recommended that after installation, you add a link to `fd` by executing command
`ln -s $(which fdfind) ~/.local/bin/fd`, in order to use `fd` in the same way as in this documentation.
+Make sure that `$HOME/.local/bin` is in your `$PATH`.
If you use an older version of Ubuntu, you can download the latest `.deb` package from the
[release page](https://github.com/sharkdp/fd/releases) and install it via:
@@ -517,6 +518,7 @@ sudo apt-get install fd-find
Note that the binary is called `fdfind` as the binary name `fd` is already used by another package.
It is recommended that after installation, you add a link to `fd` by executing command
`ln -s $(which fdfind) ~/.local/bin/fd`, in order to use `fd` in the same way as in this documentation.
+Make sure that `$HOME/.local/bin` is in your `$PATH`.
### On Fedora