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Questions tagged [exec-path]

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exec-path and $PATH

I have seen examples online where people add paths to the default path in Emacs with: (add-to-list 'exec-path "/usr/local/bin/") I am new to Elisp, and I think I understand what the statement above does, but I have a few questions: In what order…
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Why exec-path doesn't contain /usr/local/bin while /etc/paths already contains it?

Emacs 24.5.1 on OS X 10.11.1. This is the content of /etc/paths: /usr/local/bin /usr/bin /bin /usr/sbin /sbin This is the value of exec-path: ("/usr/bin" "/bin" "/usr/sbin" "/sbin" "/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/bin-x86_64-10_9" …
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equivalent of unix "which" for exec-path?

I am trying to debug some bizarre issues with my exec-path settings. When I debug PATH in shell, the key tool is "which", which tells me the absolute path we resolve for a given binary, i.e. (701) % which ifconfig /sbin/ifconfig Is there some…
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Tramp: Waiting for prompts from remote shell

I added two new lines to my .bashrc so that Bash can find my Go programs: GOROOT=/Users/jay/work PATH=$PATH:$GOROOT/bin But as a result, when I launch Emacs, Emacs hangs for several minutes and I get this error: Tramp: Opening connection for bin…
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GUI Emacs sets the exec-path only from Windows environment variable but not from .emacs file

I use Emacs 25.1 on my Windows XP laptop both as a command-line app (on ConEmu terminal emulator with MSYS bash as the shell) and as the GUI Emacs. I mainly use Emacs to test and compile programs, so I frequently use Mono C# compiler (gmcs) and GCC.…
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Package `exec-path-from-shell` isn't setting PATH variables from `.zshenv` on MacOS

I'm running a GUI Emacs compiled from the master git branch on MacOS El Capitan. I'm using the package exec-path-from-shell to set several environment variables I have configured in my ~/.zshenv file. However, none of them inherited in Emacs. GOPATH…
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Why is exec-path different in emacsclient / emacsserver than in emacs?

I am trying to run an identical emacsserver setup as the emacs I normally use. I am having issues because the emacsserver has a different exec-path variable when it starts than when normal emacs does. To start emacsserver I am…
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Correct way to set exec-path?

The GNU elisp documentation states: "Generally, you should not modify exec-path directly. Instead, ensure that your PATH environment variable is set appropriately before starting Emacs. Trying to modify exec-path independently of PATH can lead to…
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VM causing magit not to work

I have this error when I start emacs: File error: Searching for program, no such file or directory, git My Git is inside the VM in /usr/bin/git How can I point emacs to it? I'm using tramp and plink to communicate the VM and emacs. I tried leaving…
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updated exec-path and path, binaries still not executable

I have several binaries I would like to call from eshell; I'm running into not-found-in-path errors. They are callable from a normal shell. Following the advice from the emacs wiki: ~/.emacs.d/config $ which cargo which: no cargo in…
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How to properly set mbsync and gpg binaries path with mu4e?

I'm trying to sync my emails from emacs using mu4e but I get the following error message: Process mu4e-test exited abnormally with code 127 /bin/bash: mbsync: command not found If I set mbsync with its full path in my init.el file: (setq…
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How does process-environment get initialized and why would it be different from initial-environment?

I'm trying to troubleshoot an issue with my exec-path. It contains a couple of paths prepended to it that I don't want. initial-environment contains the paths that match what I see when I echo $PATH in xterm but process-environment contains a couple…
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mac-os-x call-processappears to execute as UID 0, breaks exec-path-from-shell-initialize

My emacs and shell: .rc/zshell [master●] » emacs --version ▸▸▸▸▸▹▹▹▹▹ 22:17:29 GNU Emacs 26.3 Copyright (C) 2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc. GNU Emacs comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. You may redistribute copies of GNU…
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Buffer-local exec-path?

Is there a way to make buffer-local overrides to exec-path (whose value is normally initialized with the PATH environment variable)? I tried (make-variable-buffer-local 'exec-path) and local overrides seem to work fine after that, but are there any…
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`load-path`, `exec-path`

For some reason certain executables are not being found when I add them to the load patch but others are, while n the same directory. For example I got clang-format under usr/local/bin and I have (setq exec-path (append exec-path…
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