From 97ddc7ea18fc5438b18b86caa742642eca2224fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: neon4272 <50256318+neon4272@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2020 08:46:13 +1000 Subject: [PATCH] Fix Ubuntu/Debian setup when $PATH contains spaces (#9307) * Change `echo` to `export` * Add `export` as a note under the `echo` command * Remove note from last commit Co-authored-by: Ryan <fauxpark@gmail.com> * Update docs/newbs_getting_started.md Co-authored-by: Ryan <fauxpark@gmail.com> * Update docs/newbs_getting_started.md Add 1 line of whitespace under note Co-authored-by: Ryan <fauxpark@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: Ryan <fauxpark@gmail.com> --- docs/newbs_getting_started.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/newbs_getting_started.md b/docs/newbs_getting_started.md index 1367d1b409..e374a8f8e5 100644 --- a/docs/newbs_getting_started.md +++ b/docs/newbs_getting_started.md @@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ In most situations you will want to answer Yes to all of the prompts. It's possible, that you will get an error saying something like: `bash: qmk: command not found`. This is due to a [bug](https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=839155) Debian introduced with their Bash 4.4 release, which removed `$HOME/.local/bin` from the PATH. This bug was later fixed on Debian and Ubuntu. Sadly, Ubuntu reitroduced this bug and is [yet to fix it](https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bash/+bug/1588562). -Luckily, the fix is easy. Run this as your user: `echo "PATH=$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH" >> $HOME/.bashrc && source $HOME/.bashrc` +Luckily, the fix is easy. Run this as your user: `echo "PATH=$HOME/.local/bin:\"$PATH\"" >> $HOME/.bashrc && source $HOME/.bashrc` ?>**Note on FreeBSD**: It is suggested to run `qmk setup` as a non-`root` user to start with, but this will likely identify packages that need to be installed to your