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Old 18th July 2009
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Default How do I edit my .profile to permanently have an ftp site to point to

$ export PKG_PATH=ftp://your.ftp.mirror/pub/OpenBSD/4.5/packages/machine/

It's usually a good idea to add a line similar to the above examples to your ~/.profile. As with the classic PATH variable, you can specify multiple locations, separated by colons.

Please How do I edit my . profile to have that permanently? Currently this is what I when I view the .profile file.

# $OpenBSD: dot.profile,v 1.5 2005/03/30 21:18:33 millert Exp $
#
# sh/ksh initialization

PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin
export PATH
: ${HOME='/root'}
export HOME
umask 022

if [ -x /usr/bin/tset ]; then
eval `/usr/bin/tset -sQ \?$TERM`
fi
~
~
~
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You can learn to use a text editor, such as vi(1), sed(1), ed(1), mg(1), or any of the innumerable X11 text editors.

Meanwhile, to append a line to an existing file, you can echo(1) some text and append it to the file with ">>", e.g.:

$ echo "export PKG_PATH=........" >> .profile
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thanks. will that allow it to be available the next time the system boots up?
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okay yeah it does. tnx
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Okay actually that just put it in to the /.profile file which i could also done with vi. the question is where within the lines do i put that? because even after i do a

$ echo "export PKG_PATH=........" >> .profile

it still says No packages available in the PKG_PATH
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...because even after i do a

$ echo "export PKG_PATH=........" >> .profile

it still says No packages available in the PKG_PATH
Close.

~/.profile is only a text file. However, when logging into your account ~/.profile is read to initialize your shell environment. To have changes in ~/.profile be read by the running shell, you must "source" the file, ie.

$ . ~/.profile

As for where to put such lines, convention is to be put lines like this at the very bottom of the file.

For more information, study the ksh(1) manpage (or whatever shell you are using...).

You might also benefit from going to a library & checking out an introductory text on Unix. Most beginning Unix texts cover issues like this.

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It's also possible you misunderstand what the PKG_PATH environment variable should actually contain.

If you're still confused, post the output from:
$ echo $PKG_PATH
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It's also possible you misunderstand what the PKG_PATH environment variable should actually contain.

If you're still confused, post the output from:
$ echo $PKG_PATH
Exactly. I am trying to avoid having to "export PKG_PATH" every time the system is rebooted.

after i used the echo PKG_PATH this is what i got

# $OpenBSD: dot.profile,v 1.5 2005/03/30 21:18:33 millert Exp $
#
# sh/ksh initialization

PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin
export PATH
: ${HOME='/root'}
export HOME
umask 022

if [ -x /usr/bin/tset ]; then
eval `/usr/bin/tset -sQ \?$TERM`
fi
export PKG_PATH=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/4.5/packages/i386/
~
~
~


it just added the line after fi which is the bottom of the file as ocicat has said but it still does not find the package.

ps: i am wondering if i am editing the wrong file. i am editing the .profile file found in root directory (i.e. "/" not "/root")
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after i used the echo PKG_PATH this is what i got
...
The output provided appears to be a screenshot of your vi window. Just so we are all on the same page, post the output of the following command:

$ cat .profile
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ps: i am wondering if i am editing the wrong file. i am editing the .profile file found in root directory (i.e. "/" not "/root")
You should be editing .profile found in your user account's home directory. Or are you administrating your system from the root account?
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Even if you are using "root", root's home directory is /root, and it's profile is /root/.profile.

The one in the "/" directory is only used when operating in single-user mode.
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You should be editing .profile found in your user account's home directory. Or are you administrating your system from the root account?
Yes. its a virtual machine for development purpose that is y i am working from root.

the output of cat .profile is on the attached image (profile pic)
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I'll ask, once more, for the output of
$ echo $PKG_PATH
Your screen shot doesn't show the environment variable. Still. All it has done is confirmed you are editing /root/.profile instead of /.profile or a normal user's $HOME/.profile.

Regarding root, please see the afterboot(8) man page:
# man afterboot
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it still says No packages available in the PKG_PATH
This also is shown in the uploaded image.

It is unclear if you are thinking that pkg_info(1) is used to install packages. It is not. The application used to add packages is pkg_add(1), however, you need to ensure that PKG_PATH is correct set & accessible first.

Studying Section 15.2 of the FAQ would be worth your time as it discusses these issues:

http://openbsd.org/faq/faq15.html#PkgMgmt
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