Re: [Sheflug] Location

[Richard Lowe <nospam [at] Btinternet.com>]

* Darrell Blake (dazblake [at] Btinternet.com) 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.
> 

Add /usr/local/bin to your $PATH
ie, echo "$PATH = $PATH:/usr/local/bin" >> .bashrc
(and .bash_profile)

for the libs, add /usr/local/lib to /etc/ld.so.conf and run ldconfig (as root).


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