Update and try to clarify the CLI installation on Linux (#8783)
* Update and try to clarify the CLI installation on Linux
* Update commands, add note for Debian/Ubuntu
* Update docs/newbs_getting_started.md
Co-Authored-By: Joel Challis <git@zvecr.com>
Co-authored-by: Joel Challis <git@zvecr.com>
`python3 -m pip install --user qmk` (on Arch-based distros you can also try the `qmk` package from AUR (**note**: it's maintained by a community member): `yay -S qmk`)
## 3. Run QMK Setup :id=set-up-qmk
@ -78,6 +83,12 @@ After installing QMK you can set it up with this command:
In most situations you will want to answer Yes to all of the prompts.
?>**Note on Debian, Ubuntu and their derivatives**:
It's possible, that you will get an error saying something like: `bash: qmk: command not found`.
This is due to a [bug](https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=839155) Debian introduced with their Bash 4.4 release, which removed `$HOME/.local/bin` from the PATH. This bug was later fixed on Debian and Ubuntu.
Sadly, Ubuntu reitroduced this bug and is [yet to fix it](https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bash/+bug/1588562).
Luckily, the fix is easy. Run this as your user: `echo "PATH=$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH" >> $HOME/.bashrc && source $HOME/.bashrc`
?> If you already know [how to use GitHub](getting_started_github.md), we recommend that you create your own fork and use `qmk setup <github_username>/qmk_firmware` to clone your personal fork. If you don't know what that means you can safely ignore this message.