[Geany-Users] proper upgrade technique

[Geoff Kaniuk]

The best I can do is to report that several Debian users have come 
across this kind of problem. For example,  someone asked: "Why is it so 
bad to have /usr/sbin in PATH?" The answer given in the forums was
"Because sbin contains programs and scripts only executable by root".

Debian used to support gksu to get root access from a virtual terminal, 
but that is dropped in Buster.

Anyway, sudo -s is useful to know!

Geoff

33 Ashbury Close, Cambridge CB1 3RW 01223 710582

On 11/11/2020 11:38, Lex Trotman wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Nov 2020 at 21:31, Geoff Kaniuk <geoff at kaniuk.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>> I do not think I have modified $PATH from system settings:
>> --------------------------------------------------------
>> ~$ echo $PATH
>> /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games
>> --------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Your "whereis" puts ldconfig in /sbin/ but thats not in your PATH,
> thats the problem.  I don't use debian, so I don't know why your PATH
> is so limited.  By default my Mint has:
> 
> /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin
> 
> Cheers
> Lex
> 
>>
>> Geoff
>>
>> 33 Ashbury Close, Cambridge CB1 3RW 01223 710582
>>
>> On 11/11/2020 00:24, Lex Trotman wrote:
>>> Whats your PATH?
>>>
>>> On Wed, 11 Nov 2020 at 09:07, Geoff Kaniuk <geoff at kaniuk.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> As far as I know, nothing special. But in Debian Buster:
>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------
>>>> ~$ whereis ldconfig
>>>> ldconfig: /sbin/ldconfig /usr/share/man/man8/ldconfig.8.gz
>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>> The error message I got was:
>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------
>>>> /home# make install
>>>> ...
>>>> /bin/bash: line 3: ldconfig: command not found
>>>> make[4]: *** [Makefile:1660: fix-ubuntu-libdir] Error 127
>>>> --------------------------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>> There is some more information in the Debian forums:
>>>> http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=147179
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Geoff
>>>>
>>>> 33 Ashbury Close, Cambridge CB1 3RW 01223 710582
>>>>
>>>> On 10/11/2020 19:50, Frank Lanitz wrote:
>>>>> On 09.11.20 14:17, Geoff Kaniuk wrote:
>>>>>> 6. ~$ sudo make install
>>>>>> On Debian that failed because of path problems locating ldconfig.
>>>>>
>>>>> This is unexpected for me. Running Debian for >10 years now and never
>>>>> seen that need before. Do you have any special sh-configuration?
>>>>>
>>>>> .f
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