[EMAIL PROTECTED], 2003-06-03 10:25:56 +1200:
> I have debian woody, and am trying to compile qt3.1 ,for which i need
> to alter the path for the logged on user (in this case root)

> I have tried modifying
> /root/.profile
> /etc/profile
> /etc/login.def

> all to no avail. in fact completely removing all of the above files
> still has no effect on roots path.  Does anyone know which file should
> be edited to change the path string?

root's ~/.profile is the only one you need to touch (for anyone not
using Debian: root has a ~/.profile and a ~/.bashrc by default).

The change won't take effect automatically. Try logging root out, then
back in.

To wander off track a bit... are you sure you want to be doing this with
root? (As in, if you add yourself to the 'staff' group, you can work
under /usr/local as yourself - which might be all you need. (That's all
one needs to do to compile GNOME2 on woody, for example. Qt/KDE stuff
shouldn't be any different. But I suppose it might depend on what you're
doing and why, so I'll shut up now.)


Tim
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