paul, when i do an #echo $PATH /usr/kerberos/sbin:/usr/kerberos/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/b in:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/java/j2sdk1.4.1_02/bin:/opt/condor -6.6.6/sbin:/opt/condor-6.6.6/bin:/root/bin which says that i have both '/usr/local/bin' and '/usr/bin'. when i do #mysql, i get -bash: /usr/local/bin/mysql: No such file or directory however, the mysql file is in the '/usr/bin' dir, and if i do #/usr/bin/mysql, mysql runs.... the '/usr/bin/my*' dir is: [root@lserver2 /]# ls /usr/bin/my* /usr/bin/myisamchk /usr/bin/mysqld_multi /usr/bin/myisamlog /usr/bin/mysqldump /usr/bin/myisampack /usr/bin/mysqldumpslow /usr/bin/my_print_defaults /usr/bin/mysql_find_rows /usr/bin/mysql /usr/bin/mysql_fix_privilege_tables /usr/bin/mysqlaccess /usr/bin/mysqlhotcopy /usr/bin/mysqladmin /usr/bin/mysqlimport /usr/bin/mysqlbinlog /usr/bin/mysql_install_db /usr/bin/mysqlbug /usr/bin/mysql_setpermission /usr/bin/mysqlcheck /usr/bin/mysqlshow /usr/bin/mysql_config /usr/bin/mysqltest /usr/bin/mysql_convert_table_format /usr/bin/mysql_zap any ideas as to how to get mysql to run from the command line..?? thanks bruce -----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Paul Howarth Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 5:03 AM To: For users of Fedora Core releases Subject: Re: basic question -linux path..(/usr/bin, /usr/local/bin) bruce wrote: > how do i set my environment path? when i try to run mysql (foo>mysql -u > root -p) i get an err, stating that the mysql isn't in the '/usr/local/bin' > dir. however, the mysql is in the '/usr/bin' dir. i would have thought that > this dir would have been searched.... > > when i do a 'which mysql', it points to the '/usr/bin/mysql'. > > if i run '/usr/bin/mysql' mysql works. if i simply run 'mysql' it complains > that it can't find the '/usr/local/bin/mysql'. > > any ideas as to what's going on, or what i should change to simply point to > the '/usr/bin' for mysql? i'm not quite sure if i even need the > '/usr/local/bin' mysql files... A standard Fedora installation does not put *anything* in /usr/local/bin, so if there's anything there then presumably you put it there. If you type: echo $PATH it will show you the list of directories searched, in order, when you type a command name without a "/" in it. You must have a "mysql" command in one of the directories listed before /usr/bin in your PATH. So what you need to do is to figure out what is that's on your system in addition to the system-supplied version of mysql and decide which of the two you actually want to use. If you don't want the one in /usr/local/bin, get rid of it. Paul. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
