I am trying to install ROOT, using a location-independent installation.
I've come as far as step 2.
The next step is:
Add bin/ to PATH and lib/ to LD_LIBRARY_PATH.
I've read in other questions that I need to edit .bashrc - is that correct?
What exactly do I need to put in there to manipulate these paths?
Thank you!
For a location-independent installation, do the following:
In the directory of your application (in this case the root directory), open (or create) a shell script myshell.sh (e.g. using vim: vim myshell.sh)
Insert the following lines:
PATH=$PATH:./bin
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:./lib
Make sure to source the file after-wards:
. myshell.sh
This has the benefit that your installation is location-independent and you may relocate the directory freely. It does come at the cost that, since your shell is not a .bashrc or the like, it will therefore not be executed automatically. You will have to source the shell on every re-login.
