PATH in my .bashrc

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PATH in my .bashrc

Hello ,I installed Homebrew today and with command line "brew doctor" i got this :

brew doctor
/usr/bin is in your PATH before Homebrew's bin. This means that system-
provided programs will be used before Homebrew-provided ones. This is an
issue if you install, for instance, Python.

Consider editing your .bashrc to put:
/usr/local/bin
ahead of /usr/bin in your $PATH.

Some brews install binaries to sbin instead of bin, but Homebrew's
sbin was not found in your path.

Consider editing your .bashrc to add:
/usr/local/sbin
to $PATH.

What excatly should i write in .bashrc to fix this ?

iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.6), none

Posted on Feb 12, 2011 11:43 PM

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Answer 1

ilounge Author

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Feb 12, 2011 11:48 PM in response to ilounge

echo $PATH
/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11/bin

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Answer 2

Feb 13, 2011 2:30 AM in response to ilounge

There are a number of options.

You might consider the option in this link -> http://www.softec.lu/site/DevelopersCorner/MasteringThePathHelper .

You also edit /etc/profile and nuke the path_helper utility then create a traditional /etc/profile.

Or you could use sledgehammer approach and set your PATH in your .bash_profile like this ->


export PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/X11/bin"

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ilounge Author

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Feb 13, 2011 3:02 AM in response to Mark Jalbert

I chose 2nd option and its working.

Thank you!

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Answer 4

BobHarris

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Feb 13, 2011 7:24 AM in response to ilounge

The more traditional approach is


export PATH="/usr/local/bin:$PATH"

in your .bash_profile

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