On Tue, Nov 01, 2011 at 04:54:06PM -0500, Dale wrote: > Michael Schreckenbauer wrote: > > Am Dienstag, 1. November 2011, 23:00:57 schrieb Alan McKinnon: > >> On Tue, 01 Nov 2011 14:49:30 -0500 > >> > >> Dale<rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> Vishnupradeep wrote: > >>>> On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 2:48 PM, Mick<michaelkintz...@gmail.com > >>>> > >>>> <mailto:michaelkintz...@gmail.com>> wrote: > >>>> emerge -1aDv app-portage/gentoolkit > >>>> > >>>> revdep-rebuild -v --ask > >>>> > >>>> i can't use emerge command as it is shown as command not found. can > >>>> u tell the correct path of emerge. > >>> /usr/bin/emerge > >>> > >>> Little bit of learning here: > >>> > >>> root@smoker / # which emerge > >>> /usr/bin/emerge > >>> root@smoker / # > >>> > >>> Now you know where it is and how I found out where it is. Trick is > >>> remembering a command you rarely use. > >> That won't work. The $PATH is broken so the shell can't find ls and > >> emerge. > >> > >> Well, it won't find which either :-) > >> > >> Solution: You run which which and tell the OP which directory contains > >> which so he can run /path/towhich emerge to find out where emerge is. > > Or just use "type -a", because that's a builtin. > > ~ $ type -a emerge > > emerge is /usr/bin/emerge > > > > Best, > > Michael > > > > > > > > > > > That is better. Now to remember that command. ;-) > > Dale
Except that both won't work in OP's case, because both look for the executable in directories in PATH which is the OP's problem ;) yoyo
