Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 14:30:43 -0400 (EDT) From: John <papalia@UDel.Edu> To: media@mail1.nai.net Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: reboot after pkg_add?? Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.4.05.10010101429340.20528-100000@copland.udel.edu> In-Reply-To: <v03130303b608d0b91628@[209.150.38.165]>
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> I have a 133 Pentium (Compaq Deskpro 4000) with 3.4-RELEASE. I find that > when I add packages, that I need to reboot before they become available. I > get "Command not found" before I reboot, then they work after I reboot. > How do I activate a package without rebooting?? I've checked both books, > and could not find any mention of this problem. Try just logging out of your shell and logging back in again. I'm not sure of the technicalities in the 'why it happens', but that usually makes the new commands available. Your other choice is to just issue the commands with the absolute path name. Hope that helps, John To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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