Re: ACS Open Source Management

[Pete Helgren <pete@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Greg,

So, there are differences in the QSH and the SSH environments.  I can't 
remember exactly what the issue was...my PATH in QSH is:

 $
 echo $PATH
 /QOpenSys/pkgs/bin:/usr/bin:.:/QOpenSys/usr/bin:/QOpenSys/pkgs/bin

It includes the open source pkgs.   I am a fan of nano as an editor but 
I can't run it in QSH even though the open source packages folder is in 
the PATH:

 $
 which nano
 which: 0652-141 There is no nano in /QOpenSys/usr/bin /usr/ccs/bin 
/QOpenSys/
 usr/bin/X11 /usr/sbin . /usr/bin.
 $

If I use SSH I see this:

bash-5.2$ echo $PATH
/QOpenSys/pkgs/bin:/QOpenSys/usr/bin:/usr/ccs/bin:/QOpenSys/usr/bin/X11:/usr/sbin:.:/usr/bin
bash-5.2$ which nano
/QOpenSys/pkgs/bin/nano
bash-5.2$

I don't recall why this is an issue.  QP2TERM does find it.

I used to know the ins and outs of the differences between the shells on 
IBM i but I don't recall what can run where and why......

Pete Helgren
www.petesworkshop.com
CISSP - MSCM
GIAC Cloud Penetration Tester
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals

On 10/9/2025 11:42 PM, Arco Simonse wrote:
> Hi Greg,
>
> The open source packages are installed in /QOpenSys/pkgs/bin
>
> So you may want to add that folder to your path:
> export PATH=/QOpenSys/pkgs/bin:$PATH
>
> Regards,
> -Arco
>
>
> Op do 9 okt. 2025 22:53 schreef Greg Wilburn <
> gwilburn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
> > I used the Open Source Management in ACS to install a few packages...
> >
> > A while back "curl" and just today "expect" - I may need to use the latter
> > sometime next week.
> >
> > In ACS, I can see the repository and versions:  @ibmi-base/7.3 (for curl)
> > and @ibmi-base (for expect)
> > (most everything is in @ibmi-base/7.3
> >
> > I know little to nothing about this environment - but supposedly I'm
> > supposed to be able to do "which expect" from QSHELL
> >
> > > which expect
> >    which: 0652-141 There is no expect in /QOpenSys/usr/bin /usr/ccs/bin
> > /QOpenSys/usr/bin/X11 /usr/sbin . /usr/bin.
> >    $
> >
> > But that's what I'm getting.  I get the same for "curl".
> > However, if I do it for something like "bash" it finds it.
> > > which bash
> >    /usr/bin/bash
> >    $
> >
> > Guessing I did something wrong, or some path is not setup correctly.
> > Any help would be appreciated.
> >
> > Thx,
> > Greg