install play-framework in Ubuntu 9.10

Question

I have copied zipped file from the playframework.org website and unzipped it at a location. I have inserted it in my .bashrc profile to set up as PATH environment.

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Answer 1

Suppose that the path of the play directory is /home/yourName/play

open the terminal and type the following

PATH=$PATH:/home/yourName/play
export PATH

then you will be able to access play command from anywhere

Answer 2

Got the answer! Move the unzipped play folder into opt directory by typing

sudo mv play-1.0.1 /opt/play

and then give another command

source /etc/profile

And now one can run play command from anywhere in the shell..

Answer 3

You also need to tell the terminal that "play" is a bash script. You will need to either rename play to play.sh, or run it with "bash play." Additionally the script needs to have executable permissions.

I set it up with the following steps:

• extract to ~/opt/play-2.1-RC1
• mv ~/opt/play-2.1-RC1/play ~/opt/play-2.1-RC1/play.sh
• chmod +x ~/opt/play-2.1-RC1/play.sh
• alias play="/home/rob/opt/play-2.1-RC1/play.sh"

Note that the alias can be run in a terminal, but to persist you will need to copy it to ~/.bashrc

With this setup, local user can type play from any location.

Answer 4

Try this command

echo 'export PATH=/Applications/play-1.2.4:$PATH' >> ~/.profile

Answer 5

source ~/.bashrc #would have done the trick probably

Answer 6

Not to beat a dead horse but here's another way about it similar to the last post. Just ad an alias to your ~/.bashrc

alias play="/home/usrName/javaApi/play-1.1/play"

According to the .bashrc you could alternately add it to ~/.bash_aliases which seems to be best practice according to the comments in the file.