Installing Locally
Pieter P
When installing packages locally, you might have to set up some paths. It's easiest to just add them to your
~/.profile
file.
.profile
# set PATH so it includes user's private bin if it exists
if [ -d "$HOME/bin" ] ; then
PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"
fi
if [ -d "$HOME/.local/bin" ] ; then
PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
fi
export PATH
# set MANPATH so it includes user's private man if it exists
if [ -d "$HOME/.local/man" ] ; then
MANPATH="$HOME/.local/man:"
fi
if [ -d "$HOME/.local/share/man" ] ; then
MANPATH="$HOME/.local/share/man:$MANPATH"
fi
export MANPATH
# set PKG_CONFIG_PATH so it includes user's private pkgconfig if it exists
if [ -d "$HOME/.local/lib/pkgconfig" ] ; then
PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$HOME/.local/lib/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH"
fi
if [ -d "$HOME/.local/share/pkgconfig" ] ; then
PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$HOME/.local/share/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH"
fi
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH
# set CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH so it includes user's private prefix if it exists
if [ -d "$HOME/.local" ] ; then
CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="$HOME/.local:$CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH"
fi
export CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH
The PATH
variable specifies the search path where your system looks for executables and binaries.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EnvironmentVariables
The MANPATH
variables specifies the directories that contain documentation for the man
command.
http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/focal/en/man1/manpath.1.html
The PKG_CONFIG_PATH
variable allows the pkg-config
tool to find locally installed
libraries.
http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/focal/en/man1/pkg-config.1.html
The CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH
variable allows CMake to find locally installed libraries and tools.
https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/variable/CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH.html