> Ok ,I was able to set my path correctly with your > directions.However I have installed gcc under usr/bin > which was definitely in the original path,and in > opt/csw/bin via blastwave and when I do a which gcc > it says that it's not found under usr/bin or usr/sbin > so I don't know what else to look for...
Please avoid installing any 3rd party software, including your own, under /usr. That directory is for the OS vendor / distro maintainer and is off limits for anything else. Using /usr can cause all kinds of nasty problems down the road. My favorite example is sparse zones (virtual servers): if one installs stuff under /usr in the global zone, those packages cannot be installed in sparse zones simply because a sparse zone is loopback-mounted from the global zone. Major headache. And if you just stuck "some stuff" under /usr, think about how you will remove it or upgrade it? You won't because unless it came onto the system as a package, who knows where junk is laying around; but even if it's a package, you have problem #1. On a System V UNIX, such as Solaris, /opt is reserved for 3rd party and for unbundled applications; that's where stuff is supposed to go. /var/opt is where the 3rd party application data goes, and /etc/opt is where the 3rd party application's configuration files go. Apropos GCC, GCC comes bundled with Solaris; it's in /usr/sfw/bin/, so you didn't have to install it at all. As far as bash goes, I warmly recommend you read through the man page of `tcsh`. This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
