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Date:      Sat, 7 Feb 2009 13:18:42 -0500
From:      Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com>
To:        Akenner <SlackWareWolf@comcast.net>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Strange and weird, probably simple, aim DL
Message-ID:  <4ad871310902071018g2998e1ccu8d730a48a38ede22@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <498DCFAC.6020806@comcast.net>
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On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 1:15 PM, Akenner <SlackWareWolf@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> 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?
>

It's possible.

> 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.
>

You were told the wrong command.  Try `which aim'.  Also, try
executing with the full path: /usr/local/bin/aim

Is your ports tree up to date?  man portsnap


-- 
Glen Barber



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