Activator: command not found

Question

I am trying to install activator in my linux system.

so first I install java

 sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
 sudo apt-get update
 sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer

downloaded succefully

then I downloaded activator

sudo wget downloads.typesafe.com/typesafe-activator/1.3.4/ypesafe-activator-1.3.4.zip

then added path

export PATH=$PATH:/home/govind/activator-1.3.4/

then reloaded bash by

source ~/.bashrc

then I try to start activator

govind@LINUXSERVER:~$ sudo activator
sudo: activator: command not found

I tried to print path

govind@LINUXSERVER:~$ $PATH
-bash: /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/home/govind/activator-1.3.4/: No such file or directory

but

govind@LINUXSERVER:~$ ls /home/govind/activator-1.3.4/
activator      activator-launch-1.3.4.jar  README.html  templates
activator.bat  LICENSE.html                repository

but not successfull!! what am I missing??

Answer 1

Create a symbolic link to activator:

sudo ln -s /home/govind/activator-1.3.4/activator /usr/bin/activator

You do not need to edit bashrc profile.