Re: Strange Problem with 'alias'
On 11/08/2016 02:01 PM, S. P. Molnar wrote:
I am running Debian v-8.5.0 with the bash shell and a number of
alias's defined.
For example alias l='ls -l --color'
When I boot the system none of the definitions of alias in .bashrc are
active. That is until I open a terminal and input source .bashrc. So
far, so good alias works - in that terminal! If I open a tab in the
same terminal the alias's are gone!!!
I keep the system up to date.
Is this fatal? NO Very annoying? YES
I don't have the faintest idea as to what is going on.
A solyutio to this problem, short of a new installation of the OS,
will be very appreciated. Thanks in advance.
An addendum to the above. It would appear to be xfce5-terminal at
fault. If I use UXTerm or XTermthe alias definitions are active.
Reinstalling xfce4-terminal generated the messages:
(synaptic:14233): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_child_watch_add_full: assertion
'pid > 0' failed
(Reading database ... 243321 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../xfce4-terminal_0.6.3-1+b1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking xfce4-terminal (0.6.3-1+b1) over (0.6.3-1+b1) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.58) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.0.2-5) ...
Setting up jre1.8.0-112 (1.8.0112-1) ...
Error: unpack200 - command could not be found.
Please refer to the Troubleshooting section of theInstallation Instructions
on the download page.
/var/lib/dpkg/info/jre1.8.0-112.postinst: line 641:
/usr/sbin/alternatives: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing package jre1.8.0-112 (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit
status 127
Setting up xfce4-terminal (0.6.3-1+b1) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
jre1.8.0-112
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
Setting up jre1.8.0-112 (1.8.0112-1) ...
Error: unpack200 - command could not be found.
Please refer to the Troubleshooting section of theInstallation Instructions
on the download page.
/var/lib/dpkg/info/jre1.8.0-112.postinst: line 641:
/usr/sbin/alternatives: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing package jre1.8.0-112 (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit
status 127
Errors were encountered while processing:
jre1.8.0-112
Synaptic gives me the following message:
E: jre1.8.0-112: subprocess installed post-installation script returned
error exit status 127
Solution(s) please?
Again, thanks in advance.
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