> I'm using bash, so editting the ".profile" file in the user's home directory
> seems to have done the trick for the most part,
You may also want to modify /etc/environment, so that programs
other than Bash get the new PATH as well.
(Your system may call /etc/environment something else. Look in
"Chris" wrote:
>bad bad idea. ... why would you want to do this?
The reasons _are_ fickle but:
* I'm trying to develop an understanding of how linux operates...
* Most unix environments I've worked on were set up with /usr/local/bin
etc. so I'm used to this
* I'm having fun compiling all the sr
Moving the contents of my "/usr/bin" directory is simple enough: "mv
/usr/bin [newdirectory]" does the trick; but finding the programs in the new
location seems to be the kicker.
I'm using bash, so editting the ".profile" file in the user's home directory
seems to have done the trick for the most