How to add new paths to $PATH

wrapster · 05-31-2008, 11:13 PM

Hi all,
I downloaded a tarball of coreutils ....
extracted only to find out that i had to build it...
But when i executed ./configure, this is what i got

Code:

checking build system type... i386-pc-solaris2.11
checking host system type... i386-pc-solaris2.11
configure: autobuild project... GNU coreutils
configure: autobuild revision... 6.4
configure: autobuild hostname... Harivayu
configure: autobuild timestamp... 20080531-213259
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/ginstall -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... build-aux/install-sh -c -d
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking for gcc... no
checking for cc... no
checking for cl.exe... no
configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH
See `config.log' for more details.

Upon reading the final few lines i found out that C compiler was not being detected...
this is not possible as gcc and c are both in /usr/sfw/bin/
But when i echoed $PATH...
this destination was not set...
So i wanted to know how to edit $PATH so that i can specify pathsfor gcc and c and make it stay in $PATH over reboots....
I also searched for .bashrc but this not present in solaris (b83)so do i have to write my own .bashrc file,if so how do i do it?

thanks

Blinker_Fluid · 05-31-2008, 11:43 PM

You can either create a .bashrc or add it to your .profile.

Just add the line
PATH=$PATH:/usr/sfw/bin

eggixyz · 05-31-2008, 11:59 PM

Hey There,

In your case, also, I'd recommend using a c flag on the command line, so you get gcc when you want it and cc when you want it (since they're both in the same directory)

Quote:

./configure CC=gcc

for example.

Best wishes,

Mike

wrapster · 06-01-2008, 12:54 AM

Hi ,
It does work...
i shall use the cc=gcc method only ,for convenience...
Thanks a lot

jlliagre · 06-01-2008, 02:28 AM

Note that there is no need to download ang compile coreutils given the fact they are already bundled with Solaris Express.

And by the way instead of using a shell specific file you can edit /etc/default/login and modify the PATH variable to set the PATH globally.