[Geany-Users] proper upgrade technique

[Lex Trotman]

On Wed, 11 Nov 2020 at 21:31, Geoff Kaniuk <geoff at kaniuk.co.uk> wrote:
>
> I do not think I have modified $PATH from system settings:
> --------------------------------------------------------
> ~$ echo $PATH
> /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games
> --------------------------------------------------------

Your "whereis" puts ldconfig in /sbin/ but thats not in your PATH,
thats the problem.  I don't use debian, so I don't know why your PATH
is so limited.  By default my Mint has:

/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin

Cheers
Lex

>
> Geoff
>
> 33 Ashbury Close, Cambridge CB1 3RW 01223 710582
>
> On 11/11/2020 00:24, Lex Trotman wrote:
> > Whats your PATH?
> >
> > On Wed, 11 Nov 2020 at 09:07, Geoff Kaniuk <geoff at kaniuk.co.uk> wrote:
> >>
> >> As far as I know, nothing special. But in Debian Buster:
> >> ---------------------------------------------------------
> >> ~$ whereis ldconfig
> >> ldconfig: /sbin/ldconfig /usr/share/man/man8/ldconfig.8.gz
> >> ---------------------------------------------------------
> >>
> >> The error message I got was:
> >> ---------------------------------------------------------
> >> /home# make install
> >> ...
> >> /bin/bash: line 3: ldconfig: command not found
> >> make[4]: *** [Makefile:1660: fix-ubuntu-libdir] Error 127
> >> --------------------------------------------------------
> >>
> >> There is some more information in the Debian forums:
> >> http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=147179
> >>
> >>
> >> Geoff
> >>
> >> 33 Ashbury Close, Cambridge CB1 3RW 01223 710582
> >>
> >> On 10/11/2020 19:50, Frank Lanitz wrote:
> >>> On 09.11.20 14:17, Geoff Kaniuk wrote:
> >>>> 6. ~$ sudo make install
> >>>> On Debian that failed because of path problems locating ldconfig.
> >>>
> >>> This is unexpected for me. Running Debian for >10 years now and never
> >>> seen that need before. Do you have any special sh-configuration?
> >>>
> >>> .f
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