5 Jun
2005
5 Jun
'05
12:56 p.m.
On Sun, 2005-06-05 at 04:55, Tom Charles-Edwards wrote:
Weird! I've never seen software install in the home directory
unless you tell it do (via --prefix). You can copy (or mv) the
application to /usr/local/bin if you want. If libraries are getting
installed in your home directory they need to be moved to /usr/local/lib
or /usr/lib.
Message date : Jun 03 2005, 10:07 PM
From : "Jan Depner" <eviltwin69(a)cableone.net>
To : tomcharles-edwards(a)fsmail.net, "A list for linux audio users"
<linux-audio-user(a)music.columbia.edu>
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Subject : Re: [linux-audio-user] System Path - Basic Information
On Fri, 2005-06-03 at 11:49, Tom Charles-Edwards wrote:
<doh>
Thanks for that.
If software installs into my home directory instead is that a sign of something horrible
happening, or am I OK simply copying the application across to /usr/local/bin and carrying
on as normal? I take it putting my home directory in the system path is not the way
forward, on security grounds.
Hi all,
newbie alert:
I'm looking for some basic info about the system path, e.g. what its for, how it
relates to read/write/execute privileges for directories, and tips on what to do/not to do
- particularly in terms of installing and running applications.
Not really much to it. The system PATH is where the system searches
for commands. As far as privileges are concerned you just have to have
execute privileges to the executables and directories. Generally, both
directories and executables are 755 (rwxr-xr-x). Most tar.gz packages
will install by default in /usr/local/bin - which is normally in your
PATH.
Jan
I was also wondering about editing the system path.
From what I can gather from a cursory google the system path can be edited temporarily to
affect a specific shell, or system-wide. The files that I've seen mentioned in this
context are:
You can generally change the PATH by modifying /etc/profile
(assuming you're using the Bourne Again Shell (bash) but it's better to
add a file to /etc/profile.d. You can add a file called SOMETHING.sh
with lines like:
PATH=$PATH:/home/tom/bin:/usr/local/toms_software
export PATH
This file will be "sourced" when you login and the normal system PATH
will be extended with these directories. If you're using the C Shell
(csh) you can add a file called SOMETHING.csh. There are some files in
/etc/profile.d to look at for examples. To find out which shell you're
using type:
echo $SHELL
Jan