Setting PATH
 

I installed mplayer, but when i just typed "mplayer <file>" it went like:

bash: /usr//bin/mplayer: No such file or directory

So i ran
$ which mplayer
/usr/local/bin/mplayer
$/usr/local/bin/mplayer

and it worked allright.
I tried to figure out what to do, but without doing anything it suddenly worked anyway!
Why is this?
Is there an automatic update?
Where i this information stored? (PATH?)

By the way:
$ echo $PATH
/usr//bin:/bin:/usr/bin::/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:
/usr/games:/bin/:/home/martint/bin

What does what does // in /usr//bin: mean?

Thanks

"I tried to figure out what to do, but without doing anything it suddenly worked anyway!
Why is this?"

Did you do the different tests as different users? Different users have different PATHs. root,su, and user all have different PATHs.


"What does what does // in /usr//bin: mean?"
It means that whoever wrote the scripts to set up your PATH made a mistake. The mistake is harmless.

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>>Did you do the different tests as different users?
Perhaps, but it works for both user and root, so that isn't the problem.

>>whoever wrote the scripts to set up your PATH made a mistake
I'll might try to track it down.