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Re: Can't use gitk.

From
Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se>
Date
Nov 14, 2005, 12:09 UTC
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Franck wrote:
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> 2005/11/14, Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se>:
> 
>> The default
>>installation directory for git is $HOME/bin which might not necessarily
>>be in the $PATH once "wish" and friends have had their say.
> 
> 
> nope every commands I'm running are not run as root. $HOME/bin is in my path.
> 
Yes, but wish or some such might strip $HOME/bin away from it.
Try doing

make clean; make prefix=/usr sudo make prefix=/usr install

and see if it works.

If it does, some program somewhere is manipulating your $PATH. Otherwise I'm at my wits end. Perhaps someone more clever than myself will take a stab at answering tonight when it's daytime in the US.

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  1. FranckNov 14, 2005
  2. Andreas EricssonNov 14, 2005
  3. FranckNov 14, 2005
  4. Andreas EricssonNov 14, 2005
  5. FranckNov 14, 2005
  6. Andreas EricssonNov 14, 2005
  7. FranckNov 14, 2005
  8. Wayne ScottNov 14, 2005
  9. FranckNov 14, 2005
  10. Andreas EricssonNov 14, 2005
  11. Johannes SchindelinNov 14, 2005
  12. FranckNov 14, 2005
  13. Offtopic [Re: Can't use gitk.]Linus Torvalds, Nov 14, 2005
  14. Andreas EricssonNov 14, 2005
  15. Paolo CiarrocchiNov 2, 2008
  16. Andreas EricssonNov 3, 2008

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