Where to put binaries? or which file to edit to add custom $PATH?

[gotbletu]

downloaded elinks, wget, tmux, vim ...etc from http://www.fabiszewski.net/kindle-terminal/

i put them in Kindle:/extensions/kterm/bin/

how you make it load up all those programs to the $PATH?

i tryed

vim kterm.sh
export PATH="/mnt/us/extensions/kterm/bin:$PATH"
export PATH="$EXTENSION/bin:$PATH"
export PATH="/bin:$PATH"

but doesnt work

i have to manually execute commands locally or give path to binary to use it, kind of annoying

cd /bin
./elinks

[bfabiszewski]

These variables are not inherited by the shell run within kterm. You could try kterm -E option which sets environmental variable.

[gotbletu]

tried these does not seem to work

./kterm -E

./kterm -E ./kterm.sh

./kterm.sh

./kterm ./kterm.sh

# does not update $PATH
echo $PATH

Another question: how did you cross compile those ARM packages (tmux, elinks..etc for kindle)? was it using a VM or can i just use my x64 linux system. Thanks

[bfabiszewski]

You should specify the variable as an argument to -E option. Something like this: kterm -E PATH="/mnt/us/extensions/kterm/bin:$PATH"

[bfabiszewski]

I was cross compiling. You will need proper toolchain built for Kindle environment. I set up my system long time ago using tools that are no longer maintained. But there are many modern ways to go. You can get help at Kindle Developer's Corner.

[gotbletu]

kterm -E PATH="/mnt/us/extensions/kterm/bin:$PATH" ok that works

Thanks again for all the info