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Date:      Tue, 10 Oct 2000 20:02:51 +0200
From:      Christoph Sold <so@server.i-clue.de>
To:        media@mail1.nai.net
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: reboot after pkg_add??
Message-ID:  <39E359CB.BDBE84F2@i-clue.de>
References:  <v03130301b607e6aa8bfa@[209.150.38.237]>; from media@mail1.nai.net on Mon, Oct 09, 2000 at 09:43:00PM -0400 <v03130301b607e6aa8bfa@[209.150.38.237]> <v03130303b608d0b91628@[209.150.38.165]>

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media@mail1.nai.net wrote:
> 
> I have a 133 Pentium (Compaq Deskpro 4000) with 3.4-RELEASE.  I find that
> when I add packages, that I need to reboot before they become available.  I
> get "Command not found" before I reboot, then they work after I reboot.
> How do I activate a package without rebooting??  I've checked both books,
> and could not find any mention of this problem.

Your shell probably needs to rebuild its hash table. Try "rehash" after
adding the package.

HTH
-Christoph Sold


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