Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 00:57:29 -0500 From: Kris Maglione <bsdaemon@comcast.net> To: User questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: windows behaviour on installing new packages Message-ID: <20070202055729.GA7303@fw.home> In-Reply-To: <463aea570702012137m48215342of428b69a18641c71@mail.gmail.com> References: <463aea570702012137m48215342of428b69a18641c71@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, Feb 02, 2007 at 11:07:58AM +0530, Gobbledegeek wrote: >I noticed over the past few weeks, that after installing numerous >packages (pkg_add -r), I could not execute them (not found). They >were standard packages installed in the standard locations like >/usr/local/bin or sbin (already in $PATH). Running ldconfig, logging >out and logging back in did not help either. *Rebooting* helps >however. The problem is that csh does not recheck your $PATH, but only hashes it once. You can get it to rehash by running the aptly named `rehash` command, or starting a new shell. ldconfig has nothing to do with locating executables.
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