[FWTools] Install Linux version for all users

[Roger Andre]

This is what worked for me:

1.) Installed distro to - /usr/local/FWTools-1.2.1/

2) Added path to bin_safe in /etc/environment file -
PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games:/usr/local/garnix:/usr/local/FWTools-1.2.1/bin_safe"

The /etc/environment file is sourced by the system before any
user-specific files are, so all user will have bin_safe in their PATH.

Roger
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On 6/4/07, Frank Warmerdam <warmerdam at pobox.com> wrote:
> Kenton Williams wrote:
> > Maybe this is a silly question, but what do I do differently to install
> > FWTools on a Linux machine for all users?  Thanks for any assistance!
>
> Kenton,
>
> You can't practically install FWTools into standard locations like
> /usr/bin or /usr/local/bin, so basically you need to alter the standard
> user PATH to include the FWTools/bin_safe directory.  One possible way of
> doing this is to add it in /etc/bash.bashrc though I suspect there are
> more proper ways.
>
> Best regards,
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