> 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 /etc/pam.d/login or /etc/security.d/login for pam_env.so for some ideas) > although when I invoked > "man" (as in "man bash") after moving the directory, updating ".profile" and > re-login, I get messages akin to "/usr/bin/nroff not found" and > "/usr/bin/tr not found". > * Where, in general, do programs (such as man) get there path information > from? In general, it depends on the program. man, though, usually looks in /etc/manpath.conf. (man 5 manpath) > Similarily, I'd like to move the /usr/lib directory to another location. > * Should I download src for packages that I'm using and recompile with > appropriate destinations chosen in the configure scripts? That might be necessary. If you're lucky, though, you might be able to get away with adding the new location of /usr/lib to /etc/ld.so.conf and the environbment variable LD_LIBRARY_PATH (same syntax as $PATH). Your life will almost certainly be drastically easier if you create a symlink from /usr/lib to the new location... Steven Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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