bash: bzcat: command not found
 

bash-2.05a$ cd /mnt/lfs/usr/src/
bash-2.05a$ bzcat bzip2-1.0.2.tar.bz2 | tar xv
bash: bzcat: command not found
bash-2.05a$


this how my bash shel appear

i am in the stage of installing bzip2 in chapter 6

when i open my bash shell i found written " bash-2.05a$ " instead of " linux$ "

and when i type anycomman as u can see above like cd /mnt/lfs it stays on bash also

and when trying to unbz2 the bzip2 file it says command not found although i am sure i unbz2 all the previos packages with the same command

can anyone help me plz

It sounds like bash is not finding the program because it is not loaded with the correct config (/etc/profile , ~/.bash_profile, ~/.bashrc). I don't know why it would suddenly do that, but try this:

go to your home directory (/root) and type "source .bash_profile". This should change the prompt (if this is where you configured it), and have the correct path settings.

Or you could do "/usr/bin/bzcat"

Good Luck

***I had those profile file names wrong***

bash-2.05a# cd /root
bash-2.05a# source .bash_profile
bash: .bash_profile: No such file or directory

hmm... How did you set up your prompt to have "linux$"? Either way, you should have the .bash_profile... here's a copy of mine (with irrevelant stuff pulled out)

# Begin /root/.bash_profile

PS1='\u:\w\$ '
PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin

export PS1 PATH

# End /root/.bash_profile

Are you still chrooted into the $LFS directory?

This makes bash think that $LFS is / (the root dir. of the system)

Once you get some time, check out this how-to:

http://www.linux.org/docs/ldp/howto/...WTO/index.html

sorry but i am not sure how to check if i am still chrooted or not

i typed source .bash_profile under /mnt/lfs/root

and the result was that the bash shel retuned to the normal state :

but when i closed the bash shel and reopened it again
it returned to write " bash-2.05a $ '

again

i was able it unbiz2 the file with the command u said in the other thread
;

tar -jxvf <file.bz2>

About the chroot stuff (it's kindof important... you can screw things up). You are installing the LFS from an other system, correct? ok, that system has it's own directory tree ( "/" being at the top, with /root /usr/ , ect....) Now, when you are installing the lfs from that system, you are installing it in a directory WITHIN that directory tree (in the book, they call it $LFS). When you do "chroot $LFS" from the command line in the origonal system, it tells bash that the top level of the directory tree should be $LFS, and FOR THAT SESSION OF BASH ONLY, it considers $LFS on your base system to be "/". This way, when you install programs, they don't go all over the place in your base system, and stay right there in your $LFS directory. this means that every time you open a new window from your base system, you have to do that chroot command. In chapter 6 of the book, look again @ "entering the chrooted environment". the command
chroot $LFS /static/bin/env -i \
HOME=/root TERM=$TERM PS1='\u:\w\$ ' \
PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/static/bin \
/static/bin/bash --login

sets up that path stuff for you (instead of using ~/.bash_profile)

Good Luck

-Adam

i think that i will start the lfs from the start again and be more carefull cos i think i made smale mistakes while procceding in the step

hope i have good luck this time

thanx alot for ur help my friend

bash-2.05a# chroot $LFS /static/bin/env -i \
> HOME=/root TERM=$TERM PS1='\u:\w\$ ' \
> PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/static/bin \
> /static/bin/bash --login
chroot: cannot execute /static/bin/env: No such file or directory
bash-2.05a#



i think will restart from the start again

but do i have to do anything to clean the old lfs system
and to remove the bash-2.05a

ooh yeah, to get the "source .bash_profile" to work in chapter 6, you have to add ":/static/bin:/static/bin/bash:" at the end of "PATH=" in that file

yeah, maybe your $LFS variable didn't work... that happened to me too at first. I installed it all with the actual path (/mnt/lfs/) instead of doing the $LFS thing. you should probably just delete all of the stuff in $LFS.

***Unless you think you can install a few missing packages again, this time in the correct path

Good Luck...

ooh yeah... look @ "install software as an unprivelaged user" again... this way you can set up a user "lfs" in your base system that won't be able to write damaging stuff to your base system, and will have the $LFS variable set for you

th same error msg

after that, try re-booting, maybe the "bash-2.05a" will go away... because your system will re-load the bash config stuff