Setting Ubuntu Global PATH for Ruby Enterprise Edition
- by Wally Glutton
Context:
I recently installed Ruby Enterprise Edition (REE) on an Ubuntu 8.04 server.
I would like for this new version of Ruby to globally supersede (for all users, crontabs, etc) the older version in /usr/local/bin.
Attempted Solution #1:
The REE documentation recommends placing the REE bin folder at the beginning of the global PATH in /etc/environment. I altered the PATH line in this file to read:
PATH="/opt/ruby_ee/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games"
This did affect my PATH at all.
Attempted Solution #2:
Next I followed these instructions and updated the PATH setting in the /etc/login.defs and /etc/crontab files. (I did not change /etc/sudoers.)
This didn't affect my PATH either, even after logging out and rebooting the server.
Other information:
I seem to be having the same problem described here.
I'm testing using the command: echo $PATH
My shell is bash. My .bashrc doesn't not alter my PATH.
I'm ssh'ed into the system for all testing.
/opt/ruby_ee/ is a sym-link to /opt/ruby-enterprise-1.8.7-2011.03/
