Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 16:44:19 -0500 (CDT) From: David Scheidt <dscheidt@enteract.com> To: Marc Schneiders <marc@oldserver.demon.nl> Cc: Bob Cohen <bcohen@bpecreative.com>, freebsd <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Installing Packages Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.96.991026164242.81653A-100000@shell-3.enteract.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910262249140.57778-100000@propro.oldserver.demon.nl>
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On Tue, 26 Oct 1999, Marc Schneiders wrote:
> AFAIK they go into /usr/local. So you will find the programs usually
> in /usr/local/bin and /usr/local/sbin.
> Once they are installed, they aren't automatically registered, I
> suppose. You can run them by going to the directory in which they are,
> and do ./{file name}. Easier is to do a 'rehash' (which doesn't work
> in sh and bash, so switch to csh).
bash doesn't need rehash; it will detect the new executables in the path.
> And there is of course the M$ method: reboot :-)
Loging out and back in should be enough. Make sure /usr/local/bin is in your
path.
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