Re: Strange and weird, probably simple, aim DL

2009-02-07 Thread Adam Vande More

Glen Barber wrote:

On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 1:15 PM, Akenner  wrote:
  

Basically it does the same thing. I used the pkg_add as I said, and once I
finished, I did the rehash thing, and then logging in and out doesn't seem
to change it. Is there a chance the package itself is messy?




It's possible.

  

I was told to try whereis and did so, and it said /usr/ports/net-im/aim and
when I typed the direct path, it said permission denied, so I tried su to
root, and ran it again, and it said the same thing...Which is a little
strange being root.




You were told the wrong command.  Try `which aim'.  Also, try
executing with the full path: /usr/local/bin/aim

Is your ports tree up to date?  man portsnap


  

man whereis :-)
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Re: Strange and weird, probably simple, aim DL

2009-02-07 Thread Steve Randall
On Sat, 07 Feb 2009 13:15:08 -0500
Akenner  wrote:

> Glen Barber wrote:
> > On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 12:43 PM, Akenner  wrote:
> >   
> >> Glen Barber wrote:
> >> 
> >>> Akenner said:
> >>>   
>  basic Xterm, it says it can't be found. If I try running it from a "run"
>  dialog it won't run from there either.
> 
> 
>  
> >>> Have you `rehash'ed ?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>   
> >> Yes I have. I read that whenever installing something new I should do that
> >> so it can find new things.
> >>
> >> 
> >
> > Did that not work? Is the problem still present?  What happens if you
> > log out and log in again?
> >
> >
> >   
> Basically it does the same thing. I used the pkg_add as I said, and once 
> I finished, I did the rehash thing, and then logging in and out doesn't 
> seem to change it. Is there a chance the package itself is messy?
> 
> I was told to try whereis and did so, and it said /usr/ports/net-im/aim 
> and when I typed the direct path, it said permission denied, so I tried 
> su to root, and ran it again, and it said the same thing...Which is a 
> little strange being root.

Even root is not allowed to execute a directory. :)

Out of curiosity, I downloaded the package, though I didn't install it.
Possibly you already know that this is a linux program. Therefore you
need to have linux_enable="YES" in your /etc/rc.conf.

Your first problem, though, is that the package installs a wrapper
script as /compat/linux/bin/aim that I believe is supposed to be
/usr/local/bin/aim instead. So of course it is not in your search
path. Verify that the script is there, and, if it is, try copying it to
the correct location.

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Re: Strange and weird, probably simple, aim DL

2009-02-07 Thread Adam Vande More


Basically it does the same thing. I used the pkg_add as I said, and 
once I finished, I did the rehash thing, and then logging in and out 
doesn't seem to change it. Is there a chance the package itself is messy?


I was told to try whereis and did so, and it said 
/usr/ports/net-im/aim and when I typed the direct path, it said 
permission denied, so I tried su to root, and ran it again, and it 
said the same thing...Which is a little strange being root.
 

If it says something like this:

> whereis aim
aim: /usr/ports/net-im/aim

aim is not installed.  an installed pkg will look something like this:

> whereis pidgin
pidgin: /usr/local/bin/pidgin /usr/local/man/man1/pidgin.1.gz 
/usr/ports/net-im/pidgin



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Re: Strange and weird, probably simple, aim DL

2009-02-07 Thread Glen Barber
On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 1:15 PM, Akenner  wrote:
>
> Basically it does the same thing. I used the pkg_add as I said, and once I
> finished, I did the rehash thing, and then logging in and out doesn't seem
> to change it. Is there a chance the package itself is messy?
>

It's possible.

> I was told to try whereis and did so, and it said /usr/ports/net-im/aim and
> when I typed the direct path, it said permission denied, so I tried su to
> root, and ran it again, and it said the same thing...Which is a little
> strange being root.
>

You were told the wrong command.  Try `which aim'.  Also, try
executing with the full path: /usr/local/bin/aim

Is your ports tree up to date?  man portsnap


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Re: Strange and weird, probably simple, aim DL

2009-02-07 Thread Akenner

Glen Barber wrote:

On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 12:43 PM, Akenner  wrote:
  

Glen Barber wrote:


Akenner said:
  

basic Xterm, it says it can't be found. If I try running it from a "run"
dialog it won't run from there either.




Have you `rehash'ed ?


  

Yes I have. I read that whenever installing something new I should do that
so it can find new things.




Did that not work? Is the problem still present?  What happens if you
log out and log in again?


  
Basically it does the same thing. I used the pkg_add as I said, and once 
I finished, I did the rehash thing, and then logging in and out doesn't 
seem to change it. Is there a chance the package itself is messy?


I was told to try whereis and did so, and it said /usr/ports/net-im/aim 
and when I typed the direct path, it said permission denied, so I tried 
su to root, and ran it again, and it said the same thing...Which is a 
little strange being root.


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Re: Strange and weird, probably simple, aim DL

2009-02-07 Thread Glen Barber
On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 12:43 PM, Akenner  wrote:
> Glen Barber wrote:
>>
>> Akenner said:
>>>
>>> basic Xterm, it says it can't be found. If I try running it from a "run"
>>> dialog it won't run from there either.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Have you `rehash'ed ?
>>
>>
>
> Yes I have. I read that whenever installing something new I should do that
> so it can find new things.
>

Did that not work? Is the problem still present?  What happens if you
log out and log in again?


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Re: Strange and weird, probably simple, aim DL

2009-02-07 Thread Akenner

Glen Barber wrote:
Akenner said: 
  
basic Xterm, it says it can't be found. If I try running it from a "run" 
dialog it won't run from there either.





Have you `rehash'ed ?

  
Yes I have. I read that whenever installing something new I should do 
that so it can find new things.


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Re: Strange and weird, probably simple, aim DL

2009-02-07 Thread Glen Barber
Akenner said: 
> basic Xterm, it says it can't be found. If I try running it from a "run" 
> dialog it won't run from there either.
> 

Have you `rehash'ed ?

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