Open Suse 11: bash commands not found

Sjonnie48 · 08-02-2008, 12:23 PM

Hi, I just started with Open Suse 11.
Look & Feel are alright, but there is one thing that I do not understand.
When working in a root terminal I enter updatedb: command not found
When I enter locate ...: command not found
Is there a reason that these commands are not included in the Bash?
And are there more commands missing?

dr.acul · 08-02-2008, 12:38 PM

updatedb and locate are independent programs, they are not related to the bash
The $PATH variable makes the bash known about all the nice software on your system.

I't seems that your $PATH variable is not set corret in the root terminal, type

Code:

$ echo $PATH

make sure that updatedb and locate are installed, and that the bash can find them in the $PATH variable.

*dg*

ronlau9 · 08-02-2008, 12:39 PM

Whereis is standard in opensuse ok Locate give some more information
Locate to my knowledge you have to build the data base first

dr.acul · 08-02-2008, 01:03 PM

The command whereis is to locate the binary of a specific command.
locate and of course updatedb are to index and search all files on a system.
That's a great difference.

*dg*

Sjonnie48 · 08-02-2008, 01:15 PM

Code:

# echo $PATH
/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin:/root/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/games:/opt/kde3/bin:/usr/lib/jvm/jre/bin:/usr/lib/mit/bin:/usr/lib/mit/sbin

Here is what I get, seems ok to me. After install I should first run makewhatis, but again: command not found

loginattemp#2 · 08-02-2008, 01:24 PM

The rpm name in suse is "findutils-locate".
see if you got it = "rpm -q findutils-locate"
get it = "zypper in findutils-locate"

dr.acul · 08-02-2008, 01:42 PM

Yes, the $PATH seems to be ok, but it seem curious too.
Have you tried to locate something in another terminal?

And are sure you have installed the slocate/locate package on your system?
Have you tried some other commands like [I]find[I], commands that are not built-in into the bash.

*dg*

Sjonnie48 · 08-02-2008, 01:47 PM

loginattemp#2, thanks for the information. Got my updatedb working.
I was puzzled because I thought that these would be installed during installing Suse.

knudfl · 08-02-2008, 02:39 PM

Odd it is, but 'slocate' has not been installed
by default in the releases, I can remember.
(Suse 8.0 up)

Regards