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**Pantheus** · 05-17-2003, 02:53 AM

Can you explain what you said here, in greater detail?

Where to do that, and how? as prelink -aRv as su - returns "file not found"

Running Shrike fully apt-get and up2date upgraded.

Hey, have you prelinked your system? Mine is snappy as all hell. I
used :

prelink -aRv

Ken

**Pantheus** · 05-17-2003, 02:01 PM

OK, found this:

You must have the prelink
package installed. Type

rpm -q prelink

to find out if you do.

If not, do up2date prelink

to install it, or get the rpm from CD-2.

Then, as root, just type

prelink -aRv

and wait for it to finish in the terminal window. It takes a while to
start, don't give up.

But: ....

rpm -q prelink returns:

Code:

[root@ken /]# rpm -q prelink
prelink-0.2.0-18
[root@ken /]#

and ... whereis prelink returns:

Code:

[root@ken /]# whereis prelink
prelink: /usr/sbin/prelink /etc/prelink.conf /usr/share/man/man8/prelink.8.gz
[root@ken /]#

and ..

Code:

[root@ken /]# cd /usr/sbin
[root@ken sbin]# prelink -aRv
bash: prelink: command not found
[root@ken sbin]#

Yet: /etc/usr/sbin/prelink.conf contains:

Code:

# This config file contains a list of directories both with binaries
# and libraries prelink should consider by default.
# If a directory name is prefixed with `-l ', the directory hierarchy
# will be walked as long as filesystem boundaries are not crossed.
# If a directory name is prefixed with `-h ', symbolic links in a
# directory hierarchy are followed.
-l /bin
-l /usr/bin
-l /sbin
-l /usr/sbin
-l /usr/X11R6/bin
-l /usr/kerberos/bin
-l /usr/games
-l /usr/libexec
-l /var/ftp/bin
-l /lib
-l /usr/lib
-l /usr/X11R6/lib
-l /usr/kerberos/lib
-l /usr/X11R6/LessTif
-l /var/ftp/lib

but ...

Code:

[root@ken sbin]# cd /
[root@ken /]# prelink -aRv
bash: prelink: command not found
[root@ken /]#

Color me befuddled ???

**gorn** · 05-17-2003, 03:49 PM

by default only root has sbin in his path, i find this ridiculus and always add it to my user path:

export PATH=$PATH:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin

you can throw that in your bashrc or wherever if you always want to have it. then prelink will work and /usr/sbin/prelink will always work

**Pantheus** · 05-17-2003, 04:05 PM

applaud !!!

**Schotty** · 05-20-2003, 01:39 PM

Hey man! Sorry to get back to ya so late. Havent been onmuch lately.

You did indeed have a path issue. If you are having an issue like this, try typing the full path. That will always do the trick.

Anyway, so how well has the prelinking helped ?

**Pantheus** · 05-21-2003, 01:51 AM

Schotty
Anyway, so how well has the prelinking helped ?

As far as I can tell it has helped immensly the speed in opening the larger apps like OOOOOooooo and Mozzie

I don't have a sweep second hand, or a watch, for that matter .. retired here, but it does in fact seem to cut by 2/3 or so the time to open a couple apps.

I really appreciate the heads up on that trick!

Applauds to you, too, man!