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jokerdino

6:00 PM

you can grab the deb from the official website if you want to.

Mahesh

@fredzvt You can drop a symlink to /usr/local/bin if nothing else works.

fredzvt

@Mahesh, even when I call the command "mvn" from inside the bin folder where the script is it doesn't work, only when I call "./mvn" that's what i'm finding strange. It seems not to be a PATH problem.

Look, from my terminal:

fred@Fred-Ubuntu:/opt/apache-maven-3.0.5/bin$ mvn -version
The program 'mvn' can be found in the following packages:
* maven
* maven2
Try: sudo apt-get install <selected package>

fred@Fred-Ubuntu:/opt/apache-maven-3.0.5/bin$ ./mvn -version
Apache Maven 3.0.5 (r01de14724cdef164cd33c7c8c2fe155faf9602da; 2013-02-19 10:51:28-0300)
Maven home: /opt/apache-maven-3.0.5
Java version: 1.7.0_12-ea, vendor: Oracle Corporation
Java home: /usr/local/java/jdk1.7.0_12/jre
Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: UTF-8

George Edison

My app is now available in 15 new European countries.

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Amith KK

@GeorgeEdison cool

Mahesh

5 mins ago, by Mahesh

@fredzvt The current directory (.) is not on the path by default. and you have not added it.

5 mins ago, by Mahesh

so the directory you are in does not matter.

@fredzvt So it does not matter if you are in the bin folder or anywhere else.

@GeorgeEdison gitdroid?

George Edison

6:05 PM

Yes.

mateo_salta

@GeorgeEdison wow, so do you have to go through the process for every Europe country?

Amith KK

@GeorgeEdison The app is cool. But I can't use a credit card lol

jokerdino

use cherries.

George Edison

@AmithKK I haven't added India yet - so you wouldn't be able to at the moment.

Amith KK

@GeorgeEdison Oh yes you did

mateo_salta

6:06 PM

do they have a gift system on Google Play?

George Edison

???

@mateo_salta I'm afraid I don't think they do.

mateo_salta

hm...

Amith KK

BBT

Good Night

jokerdino

100 rupees. Affordable.

George Edison

@AmithKK Yeah - but it says "incompatible".

If you click the little '+' it will tell you that it's not available in your country.

fredzvt

6:08 PM

@Mahesh, when I put the "./" in front of a command, didn't I'm tellling terminal to run a shell script? Isn't the same of putting a "sh" in front of the command?

Mahesh

oh. Add India plz.

I'll buy it. but Let me get a droid first. :P

I still live with a smart phone from the 90s.

@fredzvt no. It means run the executable in the current folder.

. means the current folder.

* (DOT). I dont think its visible.

and DOT DOT is the parent folder.

you can run an executable by providing its full path.

absolute, or relative.

absolute means you start at the root.

mateo_salta

what was the lowest android version @GeorgeEdison

Mahesh

example : /bin/bash

mateo_salta

(the lowest i have is 4.0 but just wondering)

George Edison

@mateo_salta 4.0 I believe.

Mahesh

6:11 PM

if you are in /bin already, you can say ./bash to mean the same.

now $PATH is a convenience. If you have a folder in there, you can skip the folder prefix for all executables in that folder.

fredzvt

Hmmm... now it seems to be a PATH problem, indeed! :D
I've positioned my terminal at /, did what you spoke and it works, see:

fred@Fred-Ubuntu:/$ /opt/apache-maven-3.0.5/bin/mvn -version
Apache Maven 3.0.5 (r01de14724cdef164cd33c7c8c2fe155faf9602da; 2013-02-19 10:51:28-0300)
Maven home: /opt/apache-maven-3.0.5
Java version: 1.7.0_12-ea, vendor: Oracle Corporation
Java home: /usr/local/java/jdk1.7.0_12/jre
Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: UTF-8
OS name: "linux", version: "3.5.0-25-generic", arch: "i386", family: "unix"

Mahesh

@fredzvt try updating $PATH.

add /opt/apache-maven-3.0.5/bin to it.

and remove whatever corresponding $MAVEn... you had.

Marco Ceppi

@fredzvt export PATH=$PATH:/opt/apache-maven-3.0.5/bin

Mahesh

try if that works.

George Edison

The first of many bugs I am filing against OpenSSH: bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2085

@MarcoCeppi I know you mentioned that you would have no use for a Git client for Android, but if you know any friends that do, please point them to GitDroid :)

Marco Ceppi

6:18 PM

Will do

fredzvt

Yes! It worked, @Mahesh! Thanks so much!

I've used variables inside PATH in CentOS and I didn't know that in Ubuntu it didn't worked.

Mahesh

@fredzvt It should have worked. Donnow whats wrong there.

*dont know.

fredzvt

I see an example in like the above in https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EnvironmentVariables
PATH DEFAULT=${PATH}:${HOME}/MyPrograms

Maybe the syntax is ${varname}, i'll try.

That's it, @Mahesh!

Mahesh

cool. Glad that it worked. :)

fredzvt

Thanks so much for your help!

Mahesh

6:26 PM

@fredzvt checkout unity-tweak-tool if you are using unity. (shameless self promotion. :P )

fredzvt

I think I already have a while ago, when I've had try to small the system fonts. :)

Then, it's the second time you have helped me! \o/

George Edison

6:50 PM

...and here is bug #2.

Call me V

Good show @GeorgeEdison. Getting your name on openssh is probably a good thing ;)

George Edison

I just hope they accept the patches.

Call me V

Me too. I was a little perturbed that thePanz didn't accept the commit on github so it just showed a comment and an open pull request, but not that the abraham account had contributed to any projects. (he noted in comments that he applied it)

George Edison

About the only two projects I've ever submitted patches to are libgit2 and Planet Venus. The former was accepted and the latter is still sitting around waiting to be reviewed.

Call me V

I wonder how one packages a blendergame to software center since I can't find an "open blend and export" command line option to fake a makefile.

George Edison

7:04 PM

...and here is bug #3 (this is fun!)

Call me V

Yeah, I'm working on a different C/C++ project at the moment. Getting this family of utilities: newgre.net/ncodehook working cross-platform without imports in kernel and userspace all compiled from the linux side.

(oh and trying for ARM too with armstorm even though it's really nascent)

Also, I just found out you can test SMS applications on android emulators since the port number is also the pseudo phone-number

George Edison

7:23 PM

@Mahesh: I've added India now. It may take a few minutes before showing up.

Mahesh

@GeorgeEdison Thanks.

Yours will be the first application I'll install after getting my droid. I simply can't live without git.

Gui

8:44 PM

@AmithKK you forgot about @GeorgeEdison and @MarcoCeppi both who have been here longer then me...

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