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[Giovanni Piredda <address@hidden>]

On 07.10.21 23:11, tolugboji wrote:
> > > I did as instructed.
> > >
> > > setenv TEXMACS_PATH [installation directory]
> > >
> > > setenv PATH $TEXMACS_PATH/bin:$PATH
> > >
> > > I extracted in /home/tolu/Opstk/bin/texmacs/texmacs-2.1/TeXmacs/bin
> > >
> > > then used in my .bashrc
> > >
> > >      export TEXMACS_PATH=${HOME}/Opstk/bin/texmacs/texmacs-2.1a/TeXmacs/bin
> > >      export PATH=$PATH:$TEXMACS_PATH
> > I have a faint knowledge of how environment variables are set in Linux
> >
> > (terminal vs. other ways of starting programs).
> >
> > Perhaps setting an environment variable via .bashrc works only for
> >
> > terminal sessions; in this case you should still be able to start
> >
> > TeXmacs from a terminal.
> It was how I was doing (from terminal) but returned
>
> But getting
>
>   Error message:
>    guile could not be found


Weird :-)


> > In my Ubuntu I had to create a texmacs.sh file in with the export
> >
> > commands in /etc/profile.d/ (in .bashrc it would not work for TeXmacs
> >
> > started through the graphical interface, I figured out where to put the
> >
> > commands with an Internet search).
> Do you have some commands I can try from the terminal to launch it?


The most sure way is to cd to the bin directory in the directory where 
you copied the static TeXmacs binary (in your case 
${HOME}/Opstk/bin/texmacs/texmacs-2.1a/TeXmacs/bin), then do

./texmacs