Can't use gitk.

> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to use gitk --all command but it fails like this:
> 
> """
> Error executing git-rev-list: couldn't execute "git-rev-list": no such
> file or directory
> """
> 

> Franck wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm trying to use gitk --all command but it fails like this:
> >
> > """
> > Error executing git-rev-list: couldn't execute "git-rev-list": no such
> > file or directory
> > """
> >
>
> Is git-rev-list in your $PATH?

> Did you compile (and/or install) with
>
>         make NO_OPENSSL=YesPlease
>         make NO_OPENSSL=YesPlease install
>

> > I'm running git on a fedora core 3. Can anybody give me some help ?
> >
>
> Trying to, but a bit more verbosity in the error report wouldn't hurt.
>

> 2005/11/14, Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se>:
> 
>>Franck wrote:
>>
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>I'm trying to use gitk --all command but it fails like this:
>>>
>>>"""
>>>Error executing git-rev-list: couldn't execute "git-rev-list": no such
>>>file or directory
>>>"""
>>>
>>
>>Is git-rev-list in your $PATH?
> 
> 
> yes:
>             # git-rev-list HEAD

>             3f1d5f26509defe2f691f5e94a2848848d1ba3a0
>             cd9a0ae21e015cc25a0ea98169451a59d49c0909
>             538310ad38629a1c1f983d982e52b568bc1dbe79
> 
> 
>>Did you compile (and/or install) with
>>
>>        make NO_OPENSSL=YesPlease
>>        make NO_OPENSSL=YesPlease install
>>
> 
> 
> nope I just did: "make; make install". I tried what you suggested but
> it's still failing the same way...
> 

> 
>>Do other git commands work?
>>
> 
> 
> yes, at least some other commands like git-diff-xxx, git-checkout....
> 

> 
>>>I'm running git on a fedora core 3. Can anybody give me some help ?
>>>
>>
>>Trying to, but a bit more verbosity in the error report wouldn't hurt.
>>
> 
> 
> I'm usig git v0.99.9h
> 

> Franck wrote:
> > Hi Andrea
>
> Not sure why, but 85% of all people replying to me by email refer to me
> as "Andrea". Sort of cute I suppose, although I'm somewhat lacking in
> the TnA department.

> 2005/11/14, Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se>:
> 
>> The default
>>installation directory for git is $HOME/bin which might not necessarily
>>be in the $PATH once "wish" and friends have had their say.
> 
> 
> nope every commands I'm running are not run as root. $HOME/bin is in my path.
> 

> Yes, but wish or some such might strip $HOME/bin away from it.
>
> Try doing
>
> make clean; make prefix=/usr
> sudo make prefix=/usr install
>
> and see if it works.

> Andreas
>
> 2005/11/14, Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se>:
> > Yes, but wish or some such might strip $HOME/bin away from it.
> >
> > Try doing
> >
> > make clean; make prefix=/usr
> > sudo make prefix=/usr install
> >
> > and see if it works.
>
> it works.
>
> >
> > If it does, some program somewhere is manipulating your $PATH.
>
> It seems that once wish is executed, $PATH does not include anymore my
> $HOME/bin directory. Do you have any idea why ?
>
> Thanks
> --
>                Franck
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> Probably you need to fix your .profile or .bashrc.   Set your PATH
> unconditionally and not just for interactive shells. In general
> anytime you make some setup in your shell conditional on being
> interactive it is just asking for problems.
>
> Test like this:
>    ssh localhost 'echo $PATH'
>

> 2005/11/14, Wayne Scott <wsc9tt@gmail.com>:
> 
> well I found a fix, but I don't know why it actually fixes things :)
> 
> I replaced in .bash_profile
>         PATH=~/bin:$PATH
> by
>         PATH=$HOME/bin:$PATH
> 
> Any ideas ?
> 

> Hi,
>
> On Mon, 14 Nov 2005, Franck wrote:
>
> > nope every commands I'm running are not run as root. $HOME/bin is in my
> > path.
>
> Is it possible that your wish is stripping away $HOME/bin from your PATH?
> Could you try the following?
>
>         $ wish
>         % git-rev-list
>

> In the rest of the world, Andrea seems to mostly female, but it probably 
> depends on where the cultural influences come from.
> 
> So leaving off the "s" can be very strange to the recipient.
> 

>> oops, sorry Andreas for that ! I use to spelling this name without 's'
>> that's why I did the mistake I think.
>
> In Finland and Sweden Andrea without the "s" is a girls name, while
> Andreas with the "s" (or André without "-as") is a boy.
>
> It's not even very rare. "Andrea" was the 84th most popular female name in
> Sweden in 2000.
>
> It can be confusing, since in Italy (and, I think, southern Germany and
> much of Eastern Europe), "Andrea" is a boy, and in fact, the name
> originally comes from the Greek meaning "man".

> On Mon, Nov 14, 2005 at 7:24 PM, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> wrote:
>> On Mon, 14 Nov 2005, Franck wrote:
> 
> Sorry for commenting on this email only now but I found it in my
> archive while looking for a different thread :-)
> 
>>> oops, sorry Andreas for that ! I use to spelling this name without 's'
>>> that's why I did the mistake I think.
>> In Finland and Sweden Andrea without the "s" is a girls name, while
>> Andreas with the "s" (or André without "-as") is a boy.
>>
>> It's not even very rare. "Andrea" was the 84th most popular female name in
>> Sweden in 2000.
>>
>> It can be confusing, since in Italy (and, I think, southern Germany and
>> much of Eastern Europe), "Andrea" is a boy, and in fact, the name
>> originally comes from the Greek meaning "man".
> 
> In Italy Andrea might be a girl as well even if that name is often
> used for a boy.
>