Re: Looking for help in configuring LilyDev in VirtualBox

[David Kastrup]

Peter Toye <address@hidden> writes:

> Friday, January 24, 2020, 3:29:54 PM, David Kastrup wrote:
>
>> Peter Toye <address@hidden> writes:
>
>>> Friday, January 24, 2020, 1:32:32 PM, David Kastrup wrote:
>>>
>
>>> But if bash can't find the app in the first place,
>>> clearing   the   hash   table   wno't   make  much
>>> difference!
>
>> I have no idea what you mean by "in the first place".
>
> I mean that trying to execute lsusb by typing its name produces the
> bash error message saying that it can't be found. SO clearing the hash
> table won't have any effect.

That makes no sense whatsoever.  The whole reason to execute hash -r is
to tell bash that its memory of no lsusb being in the PATH might be
mistaken.

>> Have you tried
>
>> hash -r
>
>> or haven't you?  It is not clear from what you wrote.
>
> Yes I did, but same result.

Ok.

> But I've found that dpkg (which I've only just found out about) says
> that the package isn't installed, which would explain a lot.

Indeed.

> So I've just tried using apt-get again. It came up with what look like
> the same set of messages, and this time lsusb works. Don't understand
> what went wrong the first time, but now it's sorted. Thanks for the
> help.

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David Kastrup