Subject: Re: Good tar.gz app
From: Jim Cole (greyleaf@yggdrasill.net)
Date: Wed Feb 23 2000 - 02:42:04 MST
Ben Donley's bits of Wed, 23 Feb 2000 translated to:
>On Feb 22, 2000 at 07:24PM -0600, Robert Fout wrote:
>> make install command should place the binary in a directory that programs go
>> in (like the /bin, or /usr/bin or /local/bin etc.).
>>
>> try the these two commands:
>>
>> which <name of program>
>> whereis <name of program>
>
>Usually, these commands wont work until you've logged in again, and
>re-scanned the $path. So, log in as root, "./configure;make;make install"
Depends on the shell. bash will usually pick up new stuff as soon as it
there. If using csh or tcsh, then simply typing "rehash" will take care
of it. Generally there is never a need to log out and back in to pick up
new information.
Jim
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