5 Jun
2005
5 Jun
'05
7:55 a.m.
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.
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:
/etc/login.defs
/home/tom/.bashrc
/home/tom/.bash_profile
login.defs has 2 lines in it that seem to specify the system path (normal and su), but
when I edit the line for the normal user and do echo $PATH there's no change to the
system path.
Any thoughts?
Cheers, Tom
</doh>
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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