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Hello,

I am using an ssh account that connects to an external server, i have

downloaded through guix some software like samtools and bedtools but when i

try to use them in my directory it gives me this error:

-bash: samtools: command not found

In my direcory, however, there is the directry guix.profile and if I go

into the bin folder of this, I have everything I downloaded and if I run:

./samtools

In that direcory, I can see it and works. But how I can use that software

packages in another folder? I try with:

PATH=$PATH:~/home/hub_galli/mfrancesconi/.guix-profile/bin export PATH

But it doesn't work. What I'm doing wrong? You can help me?

Thank you and best regards

Michela

Hello, and welcome to Guix!

The "proper" way to run software installed using Guix is to activate the Guix profile; see https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Getting-Started.htmlfor details. This sets $PATH for you, along with other environment variables that make sure e.g. new man pages can be found.

For setting $PATH manually, "~" is a shorthand for your home directory, so one of these two should work:

a)

PATH=$PATH:/home/hub_galli/mfrancesconi/.guix-profile/bin

export PATH

b)

PATH=$PATH:~/.guix-profile/bin

export PATH

Hope this helps!

Hi,

On lun., 06 févr. 2023 at 14:36, Michela Francesconi <michelafrancesconi8@gmail.com> wrote:

Welcome!

The purpose of the email list help-guix@gnu.org is for getting help.

Maybe it would be more suitable for asking help instead of reporting a

bug. :-)

I hope the message by Parnikkapore is answering your question.

Well, what do you think if this report is closed and instead the

discussion is happening in help-guix@gnu.org? Since I am missing if it

is related to a bug. ;-)

Cheers,

simon

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