export command not found (using putty)

Question

hi i searched information about this and didn't find any that solve my problem.

I connected remotely to server of my College using putty , now i'm trying to create a dynamic library , using the command to set the path:

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/fred/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH

it says: "export: command not found"

i compiled my code using this:

gcc -I../include -L../lib -o printer printer.c -llprprint

(it alowed me to compile code library file .so and include file that i have done, all work fine)

so the problem is i want to run ./myProgram it says cant find my library or its not exists.

i wonder if the prolem is in the path? how i make export works? please help

What happens when you just type in export? Does it come up with a load of screen output, or does it still say command not found? — , Mar 19 '14 at 17:45
/etc/exports /lib/udev/udisks-dm-export /lib/udev/udisks-lvm-pv-export ... and many more — bitWise, Mar 19 '14 at 17:48
sorry this is still show me old error (cant run ./myProg) even when i did bash -c "export foo=bar; echo \$foo" with this parameters: bash -c "export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/fred/lib; echo \$LD_LIBRARY_PATH" — bitWise, Mar 19 '14 at 18:12

Guru Prasad · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-19T18:18:15.390

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Not entirely sure, but your shell may not be bash.
Try running which sh and see what shell you are using.
Chances are, you might be using tcsh or ksh

Another neat way to get your shell is by using cat /etc/passwd | grep <username> (use your username instead of <username>)
This should show you your shell

If you find out that your shell isn't bash, but you want to use bash, you could use chsh
This allows you to change the default shell

edited Mar 19 '14 at 18:18

answered Mar 19 '14 at 18:13

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did command which sh it shows me "/bin/sh" and when use cat it shows me for be correct i use cat /etc/mypass it says "no such file or directory" – bitWise Mar 19 '14 at 18:18
no, `/etc/passwd` is a file that stores all user information. You shouldn't be using your password instead of `passwd` – Guru Prasad Mar 19 '14 at 18:19
oh man! it ask for login shell what should i put there? – bitWise Mar 19 '14 at 18:20
If you're unsure, just hit ctrl+c to terminate. If you know the path to bash, you can enter that path in the prompt provided. I think bash is generally found in `/bin/bash` if it exists – Guru Prasad Mar 19 '14 at 18:20
i want that the bash will see my library, should i put the location of it? – bitWise Mar 19 '14 at 18:21
You have two options, either find out the analogous operation of `export` for your shell, or change your shell to something (bash) which understands `export` – Guru Prasad Mar 19 '14 at 18:22
super noob question, what shell understand export? – bitWise Mar 19 '14 at 18:26
You would be looking for bash :) – Guru Prasad Mar 19 '14 at 18:26
Here's what you do..`cd /bin` and then type `ls bash`..if you get a result, then your university server has the bash shell..so now, you can confidently execute `chsh` and then when it asks for a path to bash, you enter `/bin/bash`..another way you can obtain path to bash is by executing `which bash` – Guru Prasad Mar 19 '14 at 18:28
hehe ok thanks everybody who helped i think im gona catch it – bitWise Mar 19 '14 at 18:28
ok i did that now it says chsh: user 'glizerinol' does not exist in /etc/passwd – bitWise Mar 19 '14 at 18:32
its my user "glizerinol" – bitWise Mar 19 '14 at 18:33
Not sure how to solve that ;( – Guru Prasad Mar 19 '14 at 18:33
ok il try figurate it out thanks you man! – bitWise Mar 19 '14 at 18:34

export command not found (using putty)

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