Re: Running new programs
On Mon, 15 Jun 1998, Brian Morgan wrote:
> I'm still a novice debian user, so forgive me if this seems like a
> rudimentary question. How do you "run" a program (or package?) once
> you've installed and configured it. For instance, I've just installed a
> few games, netscape, and various other utilities that I would like to
> use, but I don't know what to do with them. Let's start with the
> games: I've gone to my /usr/games directory, and can see the installed
> games, but nothing happens when I type in the name of the game listed in
> the games directory. Is there another command or something I need to
> type to run these programs?
/usr/games should be in your $PATH. See /etc/profile and add it if it
isn't there:
# /etc/profile: system-wide .profile file for bash(1).
PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games"
PS1="\\$ "
export PATH PS1
ulimit -c unlimited
umask 002
Or you can give the path to the game, '/usr/games/<program_name>'
Bob
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