Linux converting from manual installation to PPA woes.

Ralph Corderoy ralph at inputplus.co.uk
Sat Nov 25 14:19:25 PST 2017


Hi John,

> so I deleted the executable in /usr/local/bin. However even though
> 'which get_iplayer' returns /usr/bin (the location where the PPA
> version is installed) when I try to run it, something is still
> pointing to /usr/local/bin.

How do you know this?

Try `type get_iplayer' as an alternative to which(1).  That's built-in
to the bash shell you're using and tells you what it will do.  Is your
$PATH set up to have /usr/local/bin before /usr/bin?  What happens if
you give an explicit path to run it, i.e. /usr/bin/get_iplayer?

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Cheers, Ralph.
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