Re: /usr/local/bin?

From: Luca Pireddu (ilveroluca_at_n.o.s.p.a.m.hotmail.com)
Date: 09/24/04 

Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 05:16:23 GMT

Alexander Adam wrote:

> hi!
>
> I've sucessfully compiled and installed cvs source into /usr/local/bin
>
> Now I was expecting the bash shell to know the 'cvs' command but it doesn't.
> Even when I am in the /usr/local/bin dir I am unable to run the cvs command
> but its there so what's wrong?
> Sorry for the maybe stupid question but I'm pretty new to unix/linux and
> would appreciate any help on that!
>
> thanks a lot,
> alex

Can you tell us what error you get when you try to execute the command?

Luca

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