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Date:      Sat, 5 Jan 2002 18:25:43 +0000
From:      Anthony Campbell <a.campbell@doctors.org.uk>
To:        Joe Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Installed bash but can't find it
Message-ID:  <20020105182543.GA309@debian.local>
In-Reply-To: <1010254021.25865.14.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com>
References:  <20020105180145.GA492@debian.local> <1010254021.25865.14.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com>

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On 05 Jan 2002, Joe Clarke wrote:
> On Sat, 2002-01-05 at 13:01, Anthony Campbell wrote:
> > I'm a newbie to Free-BSD though I've used Linux for several years; sorry
> > if these are elementary questions. I'm using 4.4-release. The initial
> > install went fairly well but then I tried to install bash from the
> > cdrom, since that's the shell I know. It seemed to be installed ok but
> > now it isn't in /bin or anywhere else as far as I can see.
> 
> bash should be installed in /usr/local/bin.
> 
> > 
> > Also, does xterm exist or do I have to use rxvt?
> 
> If you installed XFree, then xterm is in /usr/X11R6/bin.  You're welcome
> to build rxvt from ports, or install the package for it as well.
> 
> Joe
> 

Many thanks for the ultra-quick reply.

I shall continue my exploration of FSBD with interest.

Anthony


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