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Originally Posted by sd9
Thanks, but when I type "firefox" in the terminal, the system appears to be looking for the firefox folder here /usr/include/firefox-2.0.0.8/
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Really, I would assume that, that is where the headers are. Why do you say that it appears to be looking there.
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There's also a folder with a similar name here /usr/share/idl/firefox-2.0.0.8
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Again, this looks like a "dev" type directory.
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The path variable does not contain both those folder paths, but still the system finds them.
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I would not expect it to. the PATH is for executables: which is what you were asking about.
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I think that path is stored somewhere else.
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The path is stored in $PATH, by definition. I guess you mean something else. Perhaps you are talking about shared libraries. If so, and you are really interested, have a look at the command ldconfig, the variable LD_LIBRARY_PATH and perhaps have a google compiling/linking with RPATH set etc.
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'which firefox' returns /usr/bin/firefox
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Because /usr/bin/ in your path and /usr/bin/firefox is the executable.
Evo2.
thanks anyway...
