[wplug] $PATH variables

Douglas Green green at np.awing.upmc.edu
Sun Oct 14 14:00:55 EDT 2001


Hi all-
I have a general question regarding $PATH environment things. Can anyone 
explain these things to me in relatively plain english prose? I am not a 
programmer, nor do I plan to be, and I would just like to be able to compile 
packages on my machine, but I frequently run into problems with things 
involving this $PATH stuff. Very short answers to the following would be very 
informative:
1) What are they, and what are they used for?
2) How do I change them?
Thanks in advance for the help!
Doug
 



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