--- doc wrote:

Robert Paulsen wrote:

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On Friday 03 September 2004 08:03 pm, doc wrote:

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I am getting an error that ln is not recognized.

Why might that be, please?

What is the result of each of these commands...

which ln

Nada

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whereis ln

Nada

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echo $PATH

PATH://usr/java/jdk1.3.1_13/bin:.

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Do you have coreutils installed? rpm -q coreutils

-bash: rpm: command not found

looks like your PATH is seriously screwed Most likely the root cause is that in your ~/.bashrc you have put something like set PATH PATH://usr/java/jdk1.3.1_13/bin:. change that such that the second PATH is $PATH. That is something like set PATH $PATH://usr/java/jdk1.3.1_13/bin:. And, relaunch a x terminal. you should be OK. Osho _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win 1 of 4,000 free domain names from Yahoo! Enter now. http://promotions.yahoo.com/goldrush

Osho GG wrote:

--- doc wrote:

...

Robert Paulsen wrote:

...

On Friday 03 September 2004 08:03 pm, doc wrote:

...

I am getting an error that ln is not recognized.

Why might that be, please?

What is the result of each of these commands...

which ln

Nada

...

whereis ln

Nada

...

echo $PATH

PATH://usr/java/jdk1.3.1_13/bin:.

...

Do you have coreutils installed? rpm -q coreutils

-bash: rpm: command not found

looks like your PATH is seriously screwed

Most likely the root cause is that in your ~/.bashrc you have put something like

set PATH PATH://usr/java/jdk1.3.1_13/bin:.

change that such that the second PATH is $PATH. That is something like

set PATH $PATH://usr/java/jdk1.3.1_13/bin:.

And, relaunch a x terminal. you should be OK.

Osho

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I rebooted and all is well with the bollixed PATH. Thanks for the assist with troubleshooting! Now on to test Java and the Java plugin with Mozilla. -- Thanks! & 73, doc kd4e West Central Florida 100% Linux. Suse 9.1 Drake, Hallicrafters, Heathkit, TenTec, Yaesu Radio Life: http://www.gospelcom.net/twr/ Linux-Incompatible hardware is defective! USA Pres. Election 2004: http://www.rnc.org/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~