Setting an executable to be in another's path

becaplin · 12-06-2010, 11:30 PM

I have program (command line) that requires another program be installed and in its path. So I downloaded the file (.tgz), and extracted. I followed the compile and make instructions and ended up with a folder on my desktop that contains the excutable but is not in the path of the the other program. How can I do this..I think that I have about 20 more .tgz files to do this with.

frieza · 12-06-2010, 11:50 PM

whata ya mean by in the path of the other program? did you run make install as root? make install copies the files in the global path

catkin · 12-07-2010, 12:06 AM

Before running your program:

Code:

export PATH="<path of folder on your desktop that contains the executable>:$PATH"

But why did the other program install on your desktop?

EDIT: as frieza said about installs normally installing executables to directory/ies in the conventional $PATH.