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10.3: Install mtr via Fink
Authored by: AaronAdams on Nov 28, '03 06:12:57PM
Fantastic! That worked great. Thank you very much for your help.

For less experienced users, the only thing I would add to your instructions is that the make install will place the mtr executable in /usr/local/sbin, which is not in OS X's default path. You may want to adjust your path accordingly, or move the executable to a directory already in the path, such as /sbin or /usr/sbin, with a command like:

sudo mv /usr/local/sbin/mtr /sbin


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10.3: Install mtr via Fink
Authored by: blakers on Nov 28, '03 07:40:31PM

its been so long since i used the *default* path that i forgot this ... thanks!

note that the /usr/local hierarchy is, in principle, protected in that it
*should not* be touched/overwritten/etc by any Apple updates,
where as the / & /usr hierarchies are at their mercy ...

so, imho, i'd in general recommend the 'add /usr/local/sbin to your
path' approach ... or be diligent about checking/restoring *your*
installs after any from Apple!

richard



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