On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 11:55 AM, Barry Demers <sdad@...> wrote:

> What put me over the edge is the fact that the $PATH variable will not
> remain updated with the additional info. I can put it in, then do an echo,
> see its there, do a which, close terminal, reopen do a where, get a "not
> recognized command", do an echo $PATH and have the variable in its original
> state. Egads!!!!!!!!!!!

I apologize - I made the assumption that you were familar with Linux
or Unix and should not have made that assumption.

To make a change to PATH that you want to keep, you must edit the
personal config file that your login shell supports. Some shells
support $HOME/.profile , some support a file set in $ENV, some a
$HOME/.bashrc , etc.

In that file you would either edit the existing PATH and MANPATH
setting statements or you would add statements that would do something
like

export PATH=/path/to/ActiveTcl/bin:$PATH
export MANPATH=/path/to/ActiveTcl/man:$MANPATH

The default install location is truly up to the user - there isn't any
real difference between installing in /opt or /home, as far as I am
aware.

As for running the ActiveTcl installer under sudo, I would suggest
dropping a message to ActiveState's tcl support team and ask if they
have any recommendations.

Finally, as for the dropping of tdom from Ubuntu, perhaps someone on
this mailing list can bring that issue up with the appropriate team.

I am so sorry you had a tough time getting things to work.

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