Date: Fri, 12 May 2000 09:39:33 +0100 From: Rob Carmichael <robc@globalvc.co.uk> To: 'Harold Pulcher - Killer Computing' <pulcher@killercomputing.com> Cc: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: whereis not working ? Message-ID: <3B666137355DD31199B100E018C15EA20FBE3B@mailgate.globalvc.co.uk>
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thanx for your help, and yes X wasn't/isn't installed (but then thats cause i have no idea what i'm doing). thanx everyone for your time, rob > -----Original Message----- > From: Harold Pulcher - Killer Computing [SMTP:pulcher@killercomputing.com] > Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2000 10:22 PM > To: Matt Rohrer; Rob Carmichael > Cc: 'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org' > Subject: Re: whereis not working ? > > > On Thu, 11 May 2000, Rob Carmichael wrote: > > > > > I get this when i run "whereis": > > > > > > bash-2.03$ whereis gmatrix > > > Warning: couldn't stat file /usr/X11R6/man! > > > gmatrix: > > > > > > Any ideas ? > > > > Add /usr/X11R6/man to your MANPATH, perhaps? > > Nice try. > > What is means is the the directory /usr/X11R6/man does not exist. It is > most likely in your startup files. 'whereis' will search all the > directories in your path as well as a couple more depending on what your > particular PATH variable looks like. > > I would suggest you go back to your src dir and look at where the command > should be installed and make sure that directory is in your path. The > above > dir is pretty much a standard. I am gonna make a guess. Either X is not > installed, or it was installed in a non-standard location. You need to > change your path to include the X directories. > > Harold To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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