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Old 10-04-2007, 08:45 AM   #1
manish jain
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setting environment path variables

i have installed fedora -7 on my system and installed ns 2.31 as well .after installation got completed it showed to set some path variables in root directory .. since i m new to this kindly help me in doing so ..
 
Old 10-04-2007, 09:29 AM   #2
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Hya,

Your description is not detail, so I only can guess what you want.

Usually, system wide setting of path is set by some file under /etc. Depending on the shell (bash tcsh..) they are different. read online manual of bash or tcsh look for startup as a keyword. Follow the instruction.

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Old 10-04-2007, 11:08 AM   #3
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I think you'll have to edit /etc/profile for system wide environment variables.
 
Old 10-04-2007, 11:21 AM   #4
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Hya,

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Originally Posted by brianL View Post
I think you'll have to edit /etc/profile for system wide environment variables.
That file is not always system wide, although it is very often. I was trapped into this pitfall a while ago.

Be careful.

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