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== Introduction to Which ==
 
== Introduction to Which ==
  
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The ''which'' program searches the ''$PATH'' for the first instance of a command.
  
 
== Dependencies ==
 
== Dependencies ==

Revision as of 07:08, 16 February 2007

Download Source: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/which/which-2.20.tar.gz

Introduction to Which

The which program searches the $PATH for the first instance of a command.

Dependencies

Non-Multilib

Compile the package:

./configure --prefix=/usr &&
make

Install the package

make install

Multilib

This package does not provide any libraries so only one installation is needed.

32Bit

Compile the package:

CC="gcc ${BUILD32}" ./configure --prefix=/usr &&
make

Install the package

make install

N32

Compile the package:

CC="gcc ${BUILDN32}" ./configure --prefix=/usr &&
make

Install the package

make install

64Bit

Compile the package:

CC="gcc ${BUILD64}" ./configure --prefix=/usr &&
make

Install the package

make install

Contents

Installed Programs: which
Installed Libraries: None
Installed Directories: None

Short Descriptions

which shows the full path of (shell) commands installed in your PATH.
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