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Old 09-24-2003, 09:26 AM   #1
GloVe
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an easy little question about installing from source...

one program that im installong says:

"Make sure that /usr/local/bin is in your PATH before you continue"

how can i verify that? i mean, how can i check what is my 'PATH' ?
thx.
(im sure that is an easy one )
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Old 09-24-2003, 09:35 AM   #2
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Type: $PATH to find out your current path.
 
Old 09-24-2003, 02:22 PM   #3
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IT is sometimes easier to read if you use:
echo $PATH | sed 's/:/\n/g'
 
  


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