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Add ~/.local/bin to the zshell's PATH

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And got this to work better on my Linux box.
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Howard Abrams 2025-10-17 21:26:44 -07:00
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@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Regardless, I keep my shell configuration conspicuously light.
Let’s create the following files, and the configuration below will be injected into one of them:
- =~/.zshenv= :: Usually run for every zsh
- =~/.zprofile= :: Usually run for login shells (this includes the system-wide =/etc/zprofile=)
- =~/.zshrc= :: Run for interactive shells … default file when tangling
- =~/.zlogin= :: Run for login shells … seems to run as often as =.zshrc=
@ -44,20 +45,23 @@ Let’s create the following files, and the configuration below will be injected
The all important =PATH= environment variable, needs my special =bin= directory.
#+BEGIN_SRC zsh :tangle ~/.zshenv
export PATH=$HOME/bin:$PATH
export PATH=$HOME/bin:$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH
#+END_SRC
My Apple Macbook screws up my =PATH= by having =/etc/profile= (that runs after my =~/.zshenv=) /pre-pend/ system directories like =/bin= and =/usr/bin= /after/ I’ve set up my =PATH= environment variable. So, in my own =.zprofile=, I reverse it:
My Apple Macbook screws up my =PATH= by having =/etc/profile= (that runs after my =~/.zshenv=) /pre-pend/ system directories like =/bin= and =/usr/bin= /after/ I’ve set up my =PATH= environment variable. So, in my own =.zprofile= (which runs afterwards), I reverse it using the lovely =tac= program:
#+BEGIN_SRC sh :tangle ~/.zprofile :shebang #!/bin/zsh
# Reverse the PATH variable
reversed_path=$(echo $PATH | tr ':' '\n' | tac | tr '\n' ':')
if [[ -f /etc/zprofile ]]
then
# Reverse the PATH variable
reversed_path=$(echo $PATH | tr ':' '\n' | tac | tr '\n' ':')
# Reset the path after removing the trailing colon:
export PATH=${reversed_path%:}
# Reset the path after removing the trailing colon:
export PATH=${reversed_path%:}
# Output the reversed PATH
# echo "Reversed PATH: $reversed_path"
# Output the reversed PATH
# echo "Reversed PATH: $reversed_path"
fi
#+END_SRC
* Options
@ -103,6 +107,26 @@ On an ambiguous completion, instead of listing possibilities or beeping, insert
setopt MENU_COMPLETE
#+END_SRC
* Homebrew
When using Homebrew on a Mac, we need to add its =PATH=:
#+BEGIN_SRC zsh :tangle ~/.zshenv
if [[ -d /opt/homebrew ]]
then
eval $(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv zsh)
fi
#+END_SRC
This adds the following environment variables, along with expanding the =PATH=.
#+BEGIN_SRC zsh :tangle no
export HOMEBREW_PREFIX="/opt/homebrew";
export HOMEBREW_CELLAR="/opt/homebrew/Cellar";
export HOMEBREW_REPOSITORY="/opt/homebrew";
[ -z "${MANPATH-}" ] || export MANPATH=":${MANPATH#:}";
export INFOPATH="/opt/homebrew/share/info:${INFOPATH:-}";
#+END_SRC
* ZShell Styles
The [[http://www.bash2zsh.com/][Zsh Book]] has a nice chapter treatment on =zstyle=, also, explaining in detail its various fields.
@ -339,11 +363,12 @@ And linking all the GNU libraries:
fi
#+END_SRC
And put in all the results into the =~/.zshenv= file:
And pull in all the results into the =~/.zshenv= file (why yes, this could be inlined):
#+BEGIN_SRC zsh :tangle ~/.zshenv
source $HOME/.zshenv_brew
source $HOME/.zshenv_gnu
source $HOME/.zshenv_lib
[[ -f $HOME/.zshenv_brew ]] && source $HOME/.zshenv_brew
[[ -f $HOME/.zshenv_gnu ]] && source $HOME/.zshenv_gnu
[[ -f $HOME/.zshenv_lib ]] && source $HOME/.zshenv_lib
#+END_SRC
* iTerm2