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| author | Mike McQuaid | 2017-08-24 11:14:07 +0100 |
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| committer | GitHub | 2017-08-24 11:14:07 +0100 |
| commit | 89f120f53c2dcfbe374de4a5930d0a4143e676fb (patch) | |
| tree | 7baa276093cef8b5c35716fb942b20a3e9e2c28b | |
| parent | 6023e408dadc483e2c29dd537f535b8f630f905a (diff) | |
| parent | 661995238a42ad5fa363797e323d837cbcfa579d (diff) | |
| download | brew-89f120f53c2dcfbe374de4a5930d0a4143e676fb.tar.bz2 | |
Merge pull request #3071 from akalin/fix-faq-entry
Update FAQ entry re. .apps and /usr/local/bin
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/FAQ.md | 13 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/docs/FAQ.md b/docs/FAQ.md index 788c49626..9d76bf4ab 100644 --- a/docs/FAQ.md +++ b/docs/FAQ.md @@ -68,13 +68,12 @@ Be careful as this is a destructive operation. Which is usually: `~/Library/Caches/Homebrew` ## My Mac `.app`s don’t find `/usr/local/bin` utilities! -GUI apps on macOS don’t have `/usr/local/bin` in their `PATH` by default. -If you’re on Mountain Lion, you can fix this by running -`launchctl setenv PATH "/usr/local/bin:$PATH"`. [More details -here](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/135688/setting-environment-variables-in-os-x/5444960#5444960), -including how to set this across reboots. If you’re pre-Mountain Lion, -[here’s an official -alternative](https://developer.apple.com/legacy/library/qa/qa1067/_index.html). +GUI apps on macOS don’t have `/usr/local/bin` in their `PATH` by +default. If you’re on Mountain Lion or later, you can fix this by +running `sudo launchctl config user path "/usr/local/bin:$PATH"` and +then rebooting, as documented in `man launchctl`. Note that this sets +the launchctl PATH for _all users_. For earlier versions of macOS, see +[this page](https://developer.apple.com/legacy/library/qa/qa1067/_index.html). ## How do I contribute to Homebrew? Read [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md). |