Re: [Sheflug] Location

[José Luis Gómez Dans <nospam [at] sheffield.ac.uk>]

On Thu, May 24, 2001 at 04:42:16PM +0100, Darrell Blake wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> How do I get Linux to run programs from /usr/local/bin instead of just 
> /usr/bin. I'm using Mandrake 7.2 and for some reason it only uses /usr/bin. 
> It's the same for lib. It only uses /usr/lib and doesn't use /usr/local/lib 
> too. Please help.

	If it's for a one off, provide the full path:
	/usr/local/bin/proggy
	if you want it like that for ever and ever, add the directory to
your path (in either .bashrc or .profile):
	export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin

	Hth,
	José
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