heya path refers to the list of directories through which your shell searches when you tell it to execute a command. for example, when you type 'ls' at the prompt, your shell executes /bin/ls. as far as messing around with your path, that depends in part on which shell you're using.
assuming you're using the default bash (or other borne compatible
shell), you can see your path by typing
echo $PATH
to set your path to include /usr/X11R6/bin, you just need to say
PATH="${PATH}:/usr/X11R6/bin"
on the commandline or in your .bashrc file. what the line does is
basically set PATH to the value of PATH plus the new directory,
/usr/X11R6/bin.
however, i'd imagine that this would already be taken care of for you
and you shouldn't need to manually do it if you've installed X stuff
with debian.
hth
sean
On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 11:36:54PM -0500, alex wrote:
> An instruction says:
>
> "First, be sure that /usr/X11R6/bin is on your path."
>
> What is my "path" and how can I check it? Is this a matter
> of just editing 'path' and adding /usr/X11R6/bin?
>
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