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From: Meltedice <meltedice@kuentos.guam.net>
To: Gabor Zahemszky <zgabor@CoDe.hu>
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Subject: Re: Installing x11 ports
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I was kinda hoping for a file with an absolute pathname, but have added 
it to my PATH. Is there anything with an absolute pathname?
Bill
    

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On Fri, 19 Jul 1996, Gabor Zahemszky wrote:

> > 
> > 
> > Whenever I try to install any x11 ports from and IDE CD-ROM I have not 
> > been successful. I get an error saying that xmkmf could not be found. I 
> > have mounted the CD-ROM, and run "make install" and "make" in the desired 
> > ports directory as root. I know that xmkmf is installed in /usr/X11R6/bin. What 
> > do I need to hack so that xmkmf is found and utilized?
> 
> Is /usr/X11R6/bin in your PATH?  (I've found that root hasn't in my machine.)
> sh/ksh/bash:
> PATH=$PATH:/usr/X11R6/bin ; export PATH
> 
> csh/tcsh:
> set path = ( $path /usr/X11R6/bin )
> 
> -- 
> 	Gabor Zahemszky <zgabor@CoDe.hu>
> 
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