From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jan 5 10:26:18 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mta02-svc.ntlworld.com (mta02-svc.ntlworld.com [62.253.162.42]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0669C37B417 for ; Sat, 5 Jan 2002 10:26:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost ([62.252.180.226]) by mta02-svc.ntlworld.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.23 201-229-121-123-20010418) with ESMTP id <20020105182612.CGRY13945.mta02-svc.ntlworld.com@localhost>; Sat, 5 Jan 2002 18:26:12 +0000 Received: from ac by localhost with local (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 16MvVn-00005B-00; Sat, 05 Jan 2002 18:25:43 +0000 Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2002 18:25:43 +0000 From: Anthony Campbell To: Joe Clarke Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installed bash but can't find it Message-ID: <20020105182543.GA309@debian.local> References: <20020105180145.GA492@debian.local> <1010254021.25865.14.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1010254021.25865.14.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.24i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 -- Anthony Campbell - running Linux GNU/Debian (Windows-free zone) For an electronic book (The Assassins of Alamut), skeptical essays, and over 150 book reviews, go to: http://www.acampbell.org.uk/ Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves. [Carl Sagan] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message