From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: exits funnel Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Installation Question Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 10:35:56 -0800 (PST) Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <20031211183556.75462.qmail@web40507.mail.yahoo.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1071168152 27070 80.91.224.253 (11 Dec 2003 18:42:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 18:42:32 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Dec 11 19:42:27 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AUVla-0005y4-00 for ; Thu, 11 Dec 2003 19:42:26 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AUWfk-0001LE-JH for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 11 Dec 2003 14:40:28 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AUWdS-00014Y-LE for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 11 Dec 2003 14:38:06 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AUWcm-0000Nh-Ci for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 11 Dec 2003 14:37:55 -0500 Original-Received: from [66.218.78.124] (helo=web40507.mail.yahoo.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AUWcl-0000Lv-MY for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 11 Dec 2003 14:37:23 -0500 Original-Received: from [204.249.220.103] by web40507.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Thu, 11 Dec 2003 10:35:56 PST Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:15163 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:15163 Hello, This is probably more of a general linux/unix question than an EMACS question but here goes: I've been using emacs 20.7.1 on RedHat linux 7.2 for sometime now and I just decided to upgrade to a newer EMACS version. I downloaded the 21.3.1 source from gnu.org and ran configure and make without any problem. I tested the resulting binary which worked fine. I then ran make install which proceeded without error. The result seems to be that the new version is resting in /usr/local/bin but /usr/bin which is first in my path so when I try to run emacs I'm still getting the old one. I realize I could swap the order of the directories in my path but I'm wondering what the conventional solution is? Should I just remove the version in /usr/local/bin? What's the difference between /usr/local/bin and /usr/bin anyway? Should the install script have copied 21.3 to /usr/local/bin? Sorry for the rambling post but I just want to make sure I have everything in the right place :) -exits __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/