Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2009 12:38:21 -0600 From: Steve Randall <srandall52@sbcglobal.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Strange and weird, probably simple, aim DL Message-ID: <20090207123821.6048dfde@locust.local> References: <498D9D64.7010603@comcast.net> <20090207160254.GC1626@phoenix.local> <498DC84B.4020203@comcast.net> <4ad871310902071009h27dd3d08uce0adb922d436b23@mail.gmail.com> <498DCFAC.6020806@comcast.net>
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On Sat, 07 Feb 2009 13:15:08 -0500 Akenner <SlackWareWolf@comcast.net> wrote: > Glen Barber wrote: > > On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 12:43 PM, Akenner <SlackWareWolf@comcast.net> wrote: > > > >> Glen Barber wrote: > >> > >>> Akenner said: > >>> > >>>> basic Xterm, it says it can't be found. If I try running it from a "run" > >>>> dialog it won't run from there either. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> Have you `rehash'ed ? > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> Yes I have. I read that whenever installing something new I should do that > >> so it can find new things. > >> > >> > > > > Did that not work? Is the problem still present? What happens if you > > log out and log in again? > > > > > > > Basically it does the same thing. I used the pkg_add as I said, and once > I finished, I did the rehash thing, and then logging in and out doesn't > seem to change it. Is there a chance the package itself is messy? > > I was told to try whereis and did so, and it said /usr/ports/net-im/aim > and when I typed the direct path, it said permission denied, so I tried > su to root, and ran it again, and it said the same thing...Which is a > little strange being root. Even root is not allowed to execute a directory. :) Out of curiosity, I downloaded the package, though I didn't install it. Possibly you already know that this is a linux program. Therefore you need to have linux_enable="YES" in your /etc/rc.conf. Your first problem, though, is that the package installs a wrapper script as /compat/linux/bin/aim that I believe is supposed to be /usr/local/bin/aim instead. So of course it is not in your search path. Verify that the script is there, and, if it is, try copying it to the correct location.
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