Configuration

The following section covers the default GPI setup and more advanced configurations using the .gpirc file.

.gpirc

The .gpirc file is a configuration file that can set the behavior of a few essential settings. GPI looks for this file in the user’s home directory. This file is not installed by default, but can be generated as needed by selecting the Config → Generate Config File option from the main menu.

To show the configuration settings, whether you have a .gpirc file or not, the following command can be entered into a terminal window:

$ gpi --config

The output provides information about the configured paths, file associations, and additional make directives used by the gpi_make command.

Library Directories

By default, GPI is set to look for user node libraries in your ~/gpi directory, and in the GPI application directory (which is platform and installation dependent).

The core node library comes pre-packaged with most GPI installations. Most user defined repositories or open source repositories (e.g. from GitHub) should be checked out into the user’s ~/gpi directory. GPI can assist you in creating a personal node repository if you select Config → Generate User Library from the menu bar; this will create a new empty library in ~/gpi/<username>.

The searched directories can be changed or added to by modifying the .gpirc file under the [PATH] label. The LIB_DIRS variable stores each path in a colon separated list:

[PATH]
LIB_DIRS = ~/gpi:/opt/gpi/node

The library directory can be specified directly or directories containing libraries. Adding any directories in this section will override the default search locations.