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I'm using the Adafruit Webide and logged into my rpi as webide@raspberrypi

I'm trying to add the directory of my node installation to the $PATH but I can't do it.

Every time I reboot and try env I get nothing.

I've tried adding the directory to /etc/profile and /home/webide/.bash_profile but neither work.

Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?

PATH=NODE_JS_HOME=/usr/share/adafruit/webide/repositories/node-v0.10.2-linux-arm-pi                                                                            
PATH=$PATH:$NODE_JS_HOME/bin                                                                                                                                      
export PATH
user1714819
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PATH=NODE_JS_HOME=/usr/share/adafruit/webide/repositories/node-v0.10.2-linux-arm-pi

Here you went wrong. It will not work with multiple equals signs. Please try

NODE_JS_HOME=/usr/share/adafruit/webide/repositories/node-v0.10.2-linux-arm-pi  
PATH=$PATH:$NODE_JS_HOME

EDIT:

If the new PATH is exported via .bash_profile, the changes are not effective immediately. Try

source .bash_profile
Klaus-Dieter Warzecha
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  • Now I have this file: /home/webide/.bash_profile containing NODE_JS_HOME=/usr/share/adafruit/webide/repositories/node-v0.10.2-linux-arm-pi
    PATH=$PATH:$NODE_JS_HOME/bin
    export PATH Still doesn't work!     – user1714819 Feb 15 '14 at 05:56
  • I reinstalled node in a more sensible location to get around the problem.

    I feel dirty for not getting to the bottom of this one but life is short.....

     – user1714819 Feb 15 '14 at 06:16