installing from sources, not with pacman, problem!

lfx · 2005-10-30 21:14:32

Hi!
I wanna to install some software form sources, but after installing, programs doesn't work
some guys form irc sed, that my $PATH is wrong!
Here it is

/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/opt/bin:/opt/gnome/bin:/opt/gnome/bin:/opt/gnome/bin:/opt/mozilla/bin:/opt/xfce4/bin

but i donno what its wrong
What should i do?

THX

tomk · 2005-10-30 21:18:42

My guess would be that, since you installed directly from source, the binaries are sitting in /usr/local/bin, which is not in your path.

If it's not that, you'll need to give a bit more detail - "programs doesn't work" is a little too cryptic for me.

Dusty · 2005-10-30 21:18:46

uh, we'd need a lot more info than that, like where the sources are installed to start with.

Dusty

lfx · 2005-10-31 08:36:05

ok.
so at first i istalled graphical links, all i did was step-by-setp.

configure
make

I found this in one of steps:

If you got a root access, log in as root and do "make install" in the same directory. If you are installing Links as an ordinary user, place the "links" executable file that was created by the "make" command into some suitable place possibly within your $PATH.

i'm root so i make install

make install

after his i ran in command shell

[lfx@localhost ~]# links
bash: links: command not found
[lfx@localhost ~]#

secondaly i wanted to install free pascal (it's for my state exams)
i downloaded sources, unpacked them and found install.sh, i ran it, installet without problems.
but command shell can't find it

sorry for stupids, i am newbie

tomk · 2005-10-31 10:37:12

Did you look in /usr/local/bin??

lfx · 2005-10-31 11:06:30

tomk wrote:

Did you look in /usr/local/bin??

yes, all programs are in it.
is any posibilyti to make them run from command line like others programs, which i installed with pacman?

leeghoofd · 2005-10-31 11:55:16

lfx wrote:

tomk wrote:
Did you look in /usr/local/bin??
yes, all programs are in it.
is any posibilyti to make them run from command line like others programs, which i installed with pacman?

yes, to do that type

export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin

but this will not work permanently, you have to add this line to your ~/.bashrc to let this export happen everytime you start a terminal

echo 'export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin' >> ~/.bashrc

lfx · 2005-10-31 12:08:37

leeghoofd wrote:

lfx wrote:
tomk wrote:
Did you look in /usr/local/bin??
yes, all programs are in it.
is any posibilyti to make them run from command line like others programs, which i installed with pacman?
yes, to do that type
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin
but this will not work permanently, you have to add this line to your ~/.bashrc to let this export happen everytime you start a terminal
echo 'export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin' >> ~/.bashrc

it's works perfectly, thanks for help! ;]

Arch Linux

#1 2005-10-30 21:14:32

installing from sources, not with pacman, problem!

#2 2005-10-30 21:18:42

Re: installing from sources, not with pacman, problem!

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Re: installing from sources, not with pacman, problem!

#4 2005-10-31 08:36:05

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