GIP 2.95 reports as v2.83 in Linux Mint!!!

[artisticforge .]

hello

echo $PATH
that will show you the various directories where programs are searched for.
then

edit either your .bashrc file or .profile and add the following line.
export PATH="~/get_iplayer-2.95:$PATH";

that will place the get_iplayer directory at the beginning of the PATH
environment variable
you should be able to run get_iplayer from any where on the system.

this is the simplest way.

In your .profile file there may be the following:

<begin quote>
# set PATH so it includes user's private bin if it exists
if [ -d "$HOME/bin" ] ; then
    PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"
fi
<end quote>

If so, issue the following command

ln -s ./get_iplayer-2.95/get_iplayer ~/bin/get_iplayer

that creates a soft link as opposed to a hard link been
./get_iplayer-2.95/get_iplayer and ./bin/get_iplayer

then get_iplayer will be in the directories searched for programs ;
PATH variable

anything else just let me know.

On Sat, Jul 9, 2016 at 5:18 AM, Alan Milewczyk <alan at soulman1949.com> wrote:
> On 09/07/16 04:44, artisticforge . wrote:
>>
>> hello
>>
>> cd ./get_iplayer-2.95
>> ./get_iplayer --longhelp | tee get_iplayer-2.95-long-help
>>
>> where is your .get_iplayer directory?
>> probably in your home directory
>
>
> Yes, as per your earlier instructions
>>
>> ls -ls ~/.get_iplayer will show you the pvr directory, cache files and
>> the download_history file; assuming that ~/.get_iplayer exists
>
> ~/get_iplayer-2.95 $ ls -ls ~/.get_iplayer total 3108
>    4 drwxr-xr-x 2 alanmilewczyk alanmilewczyk    4096 Jul  9 09:38 plugins
> 1824 -rw-r--r-- 1 alanmilewczyk alanmilewczyk 1866397 Jul  9 11:08
> radio.cache
>  640 -rw-r--r-- 1 alanmilewczyk alanmilewczyk  654205 Jul  9 11:07 tv.cache
>  640 -rw-r--r-- 1 alanmilewczyk alanmilewczyk  652912 Jul  9 11:07
> tv.cache.old
>
>>
>> grep -i -e '15 minute drama" ../.get_iplayer/radio.cache | less -S
>> pick out the programs you want to download
>>
>> example
>> grep -i -e '15 minute drama' ../.get_iplayer/radio.cache | less -S
>> 10001|radio|15 Minute Drama: How to Have a Perfect
>> Marriage|b07h6fmh|2016-06-27T11:00:00+01:00|1469646000|Episode 1|t|...
>> 10002|radio|15 Minute Drama: How to Have a Perfect
>> Marriage|b07h9xdj|2016-06-28T11:00:00+01:00|1469732400|Episode
>> 2||2|...
>
>
> Ah ok...... thanks.
>
> I can't remember how I installed v2.83 earlier in the year but I know I was
> running get_iplayer directly from the home directory then. What's different
> now is that I'm running it from the v2.95 folder.
>
> I'm sorry for being so thick but is there a way of running it from the home
> directory rather than having to remember to switch to the v2.95 folder each
> time?
>
> Please be gentle, I'm trying to unlearn 31 years of C/PM, DOS and Windows
> here.... LOL.
>
> Alan
>
>
>
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