Setting the path for the CLI

[Thomas Judson]

I execute the command

D25WC068J1GP:~ judsontw$ python3 -m pretext --version

1.0.2

I can create a new project this way too.

I need to set the path so I can just type

pretext --version

I thought that I had installed the CLI in 

/Users/judsontw/Documents/pretext/pretext

but pretext —version doesn’t find the command.

What am I missing?

Tom

[GVSU Open Education Resources]

Hi!

I actually had this issue a few weeks ago (I use a Mac). I can't guarantee that this will work for you or all cases, but here is what I did to troubleshoot:

1. Uninstall `pretext` and reinstall it
2. Uninstall Python and reinstall it (turns out I had more than one version of Python installed since my system version of Python and my downloaded version of Python were different)
3. Uninstall/update Git
4. Update my text editor

I also messed with some of my PATH variables (which I don't have much experience with).

Something ended up magically working and things are fixed for me now. I hope that something from here works for you!

[David Farmer]

Probably it is the $PATH variable that made the difference and not
the uninstall and reinstall.

On Mon, 29 Aug 2022, GVSU Open Education Resources wrote:

> Hi!
> I actually had this issue a few weeks ago (I use a Mac). I can't guarantee that this will work for you or all cases, but here
> is what I did to troubleshoot:
>

> 1. Uninstall `pretext` and reinstall it
> 2. Uninstall Python and reinstall it (turns out I had more than one version of Python installed since my system version of

> Python and my downloaded version of Python were different)

> 3. Uninstall/update Git
> 4. Update my text editor

> I also messed with some of my PATH variables (which I don't have much experience with).
>
> Something ended up magically working and things are fixed for me now. I hope that something from here works for you!
>
> On Monday, August 29, 2022 at 12:19:32 PM UTC-4 twju...@gmail.com wrote:
> I execute the command
> D25WC068J1GP:~ judsontw$ python3 -m pretext --version
> 1.0.2
>
> I can create a new project this way too.
>
> I need to set the path so I can just type
>
> pretext --version
>
> I thought that I had installed the CLI in 
>
> /Users/judsontw/Documents/pretext/pretext
>
> but pretext —version doesn’t find the command.
>
> What am I missing?
>
> Tom
>

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[Thomas Judson]

I also think that it is the path variable, but I am unsure of the location of pretext.  If I go to where I think that it should be, then I get an error.

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[Mitch Keller]

pip puts things in places you might not expect, and generally pip should be putting it somewhere that’s in your path. You don’t choose where the CLI gets installed; pip does.

For me on macOS with Homebrew python, my pretext is /opt/homebrew/bin/pretext

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[Thomas Judson]

It looks to be in 

/Users/judsontw/Documents/pretext/pretext

But I get

D25WC068J1GP:pretext judsontw$ pretext --version

-bash: pretext: command not found

??? I am at a loss.

Tech support has their administrative spy ware install.  Could this be getting in the way?

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[David Farmer]

You might have pretext in /Users/judsontw/Documents/pretext,
but that does not mean it is the pretext you are looking for.

What do you have from

echo $PATH

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[Mitch Keller]

I think you’re confusing Rob’s pretext/pretext script with the CLI. What does

which python3

report?

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[Thomas Judson]

/usr/bin/python3

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[Thomas Judson]

/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/Library/TeX/texbin:/Library/Apple/usr/bin

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[Thomas Judson]

Everything works on my MacBook Pro as expected, but I had to reinstall the operating system on my office iMac.  I am still trying to reconstruct everything on the iMac.  Apple is currently preparing the case on my MacBook Pro.

Tom

[Thomas Judson]

Solved the problem with the help of Oscar and Mitch.  I made a .bash_profile in my root directory with the line

export PATH=$PATH:/Users/judsontw/Library/Python/3.8/bin

[Rob Beezer]

Do we think this incantation should be added to an appendix? In other words, was this Tom-specific, or will others hit the same roadblock?

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[Mitch Keller]

I wouldn’t add it to an appendix unless it comes up again. Tom somehow got Python 3 from Apple, which is not our recommended way to get Python 3 on a Mac. If folks use Home-brew, this isn’t an issue.

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[Rob Beezer]

Got it! Thanks.