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From: Michael Schreckenbauer <grimlog@×××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Unable to login to gentoo
Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2011 21:17:16
Message-Id: 1574544.FikBLsCgfO@pc
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Unable to login to gentoo by Alan McKinnon
1 Am Dienstag, 1. November 2011, 23:00:57 schrieb Alan McKinnon:
2 > On Tue, 01 Nov 2011 14:49:30 -0500
3 >
4 > Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote:
5 > > Vishnupradeep wrote:
6 > > > On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 2:48 PM, Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com
7 > > >
8 > > > <mailto:michaelkintzios@×××××.com>> wrote:
9 > > > emerge -1aDv app-portage/gentoolkit
10 > > >
11 > > > revdep-rebuild -v --ask
12 > > >
13 > > > i can't use emerge command as it is shown as command not found. can
14 > > > u tell the correct path of emerge.
15 > >
16 > > /usr/bin/emerge
17 > >
18 > > Little bit of learning here:
19 > >
20 > > root@smoker / # which emerge
21 > > /usr/bin/emerge
22 > > root@smoker / #
23 > >
24 > > Now you know where it is and how I found out where it is. Trick is
25 > > remembering a command you rarely use.
26 >
27 > That won't work. The $PATH is broken so the shell can't find ls and
28 > emerge.
29 >
30 > Well, it won't find which either :-)
31 >
32 > Solution: You run which which and tell the OP which directory contains
33 > which so he can run /path/towhich emerge to find out where emerge is.
34
35 Or just use "type -a", because that's a builtin.
36 ~ $ type -a emerge
37 emerge is /usr/bin/emerge
38
39 Best,
40 Michael

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Re: [gentoo-user] Unable to login to gentoo Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>