On Friday 31 May 2002 09:09 pm, Maya wrote: > I have removed the '.bashrc' and '.profiles' from all the users > accounts.
Now we know where BOFH lives! BTW we are hiring a new sysadmin, send your resume. > Added the necessary modifications in '/etc/profile' including > the variables necessary to configure and compile Qt-3.0.4. But now, when > I try to 'echo' some variable, say for instance, 'echo $QTDIR' I get > nothing; which indicates that according to the system the variable has > not been declared, but it has! It is in the '/etc/profile'. > > Can someone please tell me what I am doing wrong? If you are using bash, just repeat these commands (no need to put them in any files, let alone mess with your users) export SOME_QT_VARIABLE=whatever_qt_value_you_want_it_to_have .... etc then ./configure && make install or whatever the instructions say Oleg -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]