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pluckcitizen

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Registered: 2009-05-16

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Adding installed programs to bash

How do I add an installed program to the bash script when I build the program from source? For example, i installed elinks form source using './configure && make && make install' but i have to browse to /usr/bin/ and ./elinks to run it. How can I run it from anywhere by just typing 'elinks'? Thanks for your help.

arvixx

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Registered: 2009-05-11

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Re: Adding installed programs to bash

What is the output if you run

echo $PATH

pluckcitizen

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Registered: 2009-05-16

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Re: Adding installed programs to bash

/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin/perlbin/site:/usr/bin/perlbin/vendor:/usr/bin/perlbin/core

Thanks for your reply.

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Re: Adding installed programs to bash

Why would you install anything from source like that? Don't get me wrong... I install most software 'from source', but I do it through ABS, or writing my own PKGBUILDs... that's the recommended way to install software in Arch.

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pluckcitizen

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Registered: 2009-05-16

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Re: Adding installed programs to bash

Why would you install anything from source like that? Don't get me wrong... I install most software 'from source', but I do it through ABS, or writing my own PKGBUILDs... that's the recommended way to install software in Arch.

I installed it from source because I don't have an internet connection (to see why you can read my other topic in this forum). I've never heard of ABS, maybe I'll try that. Thanks