Create auth.json in the user’s home directory. Where is home directory for Linux?

[kadin320]

On this page are directions:

http://devdocs.magento.com/guides/v2.0/install-gde/prereq/dev_install.html#instgde-prereq-compose-cl...

The directions say: if your user name is magento_user, create or edit /home/magento_user/.composer/auth.json

Where exactly is /home/?

Are the directions referring to the home folder in the computer folder that has all these folders with it:

bin, boot, cdrom, dev, etc, home, lib, lib64, media, mnt, opt, proc, root, run, sbin, snap, srv, sys, tmp, usr and var?

Thanks.

{
   "github-oauth": {
     "github.com": "<your github oauth id>"
   },
   "http-basic": {
      "repo.magento.com": {
         "username": "<public key>",
         "password": "<private key>"
      }
   }
}

[brendanb]

Hi,

Generally home is under /home/username

something like the following will get you there

# Change Directory
cd /home/

# Do an List to see what directories are under home
ls -la

If you have ever used dos under windows, you should be ok. Note there is some overlap in commands, but I still get caught out

brendan

[kadin320]

Thanks for your response.

I edited my original question to be more clear.

I still don't understand where the home directory is. I cd into it and the terminal takes me into it, but doesn't tell me where the home folder (if that is what it is) — is.

~$ cd /home/
/home$

ls -la tells me what's inside the home folder, but not where the home folder is.

Is this the home folder or is it a folder named home that is in the computer folder or drive in the list on the left? Thanks again.

[brendanb]

From my terminal

Home in linux is like under windows c:\Users\Username

Generally its located under the root level as shown above. But if your on a shared server that could be anywhere.

If your looking for a file you could try the command

locate filename

brendan

[brendanb]

So in context to the magento requirement

you should be from the terminal be able to change to the .compose directory to edit the file

brendan

[kadin320]

My Linux ubuntu is installed inside a virtual box on my Windows OS.

I am supposed create this file and directory: /home/magento_user/.composer/auth.json

but I still don't know where the home directory is or the root directory either. I have seen folders named home and root when I click the computer link in that list I showed you.

Home in linux is like under windows c:\Users\Username

Where is this on linux? What do I click on or what folder do I open to find it?

[brendanb]

For some reason, I cannot see your image in the previous post.

I dont run a desktop for any of my linux machines. Just open a terminal and you will be in the correct folder.

Brendan

[kadin320]

Ok. Thanks for your help anyway.

Maybe some else has a ubuntu desktop, can see my image above and reply.

[brendanb]

no worries,

btw drop to the terminal and run

pwd

this will show you where you are relative to the root directory

[kadin320]

Thanks.

I will have to try that tomorrow. It's late here.