pkg_add not installing lsof (and other programs)? (newbie
problem)
TuxGirl
tuxgirl at gmail.com
Wed Dec 14 21:59:56 PST 2005
> You can confirm that the package was installed by running the pkg_info
> command, which returns a list of all installed packages and ports.
> You can also look in /var/db/pkg, which is where the package database
> is kept. Assuming you've got it installed (which you should, pkg_add
> returns error messages...) you've run into a difference between the
> root shells in FreeBSD and Linux.
Cool!
> The FreeBSD root user shell is tcsh. tcsh, unlike bash, scans the
> $PATH enviornmental variable at login to find everything, and builds a
> table in memory so it can quickly find and execute commands. If you
> install a program, the shell won't know about it. You can force it to
> rebuild the table by issuing the 'rehash' command.
> Type:
>
> rehash
Thanks to both of you. That worked! Is that in the handbook
someplace that I missed?
Also, if this is a question you get often, I apologize for asking it again.
Thanks again!
~Erin
More information about the freebsd-questions
mailing list