Globalpath?

mrbabis · 10-20-2005, 10:52 AM

Hi!
I installed/compiled one program but I do not know where to put it, so that I will be run it from anywhere, just by typing name of program in console.

My OS is Mandrake10.1

ioerror · 10-20-2005, 11:48 AM

Put it somewhere in your $PATH.

The standard place for additional software is /usr/local. 'make intsall' (as root) should install it here. Or you could create a package and use rpm to install it. Or put it in ~/bin. It's your system, put it wherever you want.

mrbabis · 10-20-2005, 12:04 PM

How do I add it to $path?

ioerror · 10-20-2005, 12:28 PM

Add what? /usr/local/bin/ should already be in your path (use 'echo $PATH' to see). If not, edit your shell config file (you're probably using bash, so that'd be ~/.bashrc), and add it in somewhere (e.g. PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin or PATH=$PATH:~/bin etc).