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From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Where to set XDG_DATA_HOME ?
Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:52:47
Message-Id: 200911271151.02994.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Where to set XDG_DATA_HOME ? by Helmut Jarausch
1 On Friday 27 November 2009 10:54:55 Helmut Jarausch wrote:
2 > Hi,
3 >
4 > I've got a message
5 > Note that '//usr/share' is not in the search path
6 > set by the XDG_DATA_HOME and XDG_DATA_DIRS
7 > environment variables, so applications may not
8 > be able to find it until you set them. The
9 > directories currently searched are:
10 > - /root/.local/share
11 > - /usr/share/gdm
12 >
13 > Since many icons are under /usr/share/icons
14 > this looks like a broken installation.
15 >
16 > What is the best place to set XDG_DATA_HOME and XDG_DATA_DIRS
17 > system wide?
18
19 /etc/env.d/*
20
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22 alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com