gixy command not found

[AB20]

ubuntu 19.10
installed using pip - cannot run 'gixy' globally or from its dir /home/user/.local/bin
sudo makes no difference

anyone else have this issue? I

[phillbailey]

I also had this issue installing on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. This is happening as a result of a bug in Ubuntu's bash implementation. Ubuntu at some point added ~/.local/bin to the path in the default .profile file, but apparently there have been a number of regressions since the fix was released and so the fix is not in every Ubuntu release. Also if you upgrade from a broken version to a fixed version, your .profile file won't be overwritten with the fix. This is based on the comments in this launchpad bug.

Now to fix your problem...
The issue is that the executable's directory ~/.local/bin isn't in your path. You can add it to your path by adding the following line at the end of your .profile or .bashrc file: export PATH=$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH.

You would then need to close and reopen the terminal window, log out and back in or run source .bashrc (or source .profile, if you added it there) to apply the changes, which you can check by running which gixy. You should see the following:

$ which gixy
/home/yourusername/.local/bin/gixy

[AB20]

Thanks Phill! I will be working on the server this weekend and let you know how it goes

[hongphuc5497]

Thanks, Phill! I just encountered this issue and luckily saw your answer.