How do I add ~/bin to my path?

Question

I\'ve been having trouble modifying my path to add Sublime Text 2. I\'ve added a ~/bin directory and run this command:

ln -s \"/Applications/Sub         


        

Answer 1

Here are the full instructions to do this (for Sublime Text 3):

1. Please check your System Integrity Protection status by the following command:

   $ csrutil status
   

   If it's enabled, please follow these steps:

   1. Boot to the Recovery OS of OS X by restarting your machine and holding down Command + R at startup.

   2. Launch Terminal from the Utilities menu.

   3. Run the following command:

      $ csrutil disable
      $ reboot
      

   This is due to a security feature of OS X called System Integrity Protection, which will protect against unauthorised access to system locations and processes. So if this feature is enabled, you won't be able to modify the content of /usr/bin.

2. Create a symlink from /usr/bin to ~/bin:

   $ sudo ln -s /usr/bin ~/bin
   

3. Create a symlink from the Sublime Text 3 CLI tool to ~/bin:

   $ sudo ln -s /Applications/Sublime\ Text.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl ~/bin
   

4. Test it.

   $ subl .