Changing directory association

[watertower]

So I upgraded a piece of software to a newer version and im having an issue. When I type the command to run the software (for this example we will say the command is abcstart) it refers to the folder that the old version is located in still. How do I get it to refer to the new version? Thanks

[Irithori]

hi and welcome

Way too few information.
- What software?
- What is the old version?
- What is the new version?
- How was it installed?
- How was it updated?
- Did you modify anything yourself?
- What does the envirnoment of that software look like?
- On what distribution and architecture do you run this?

[watertower]

Its software to run testing equipment, the old version is 3.1.2 the new version is 3.2, it was installed via a downloaded tar and updated the same way, didnt modify anything, the distro is fedora.

edit: Either way it seems like a general issue. All I need to know is how to change where the command points to.

[scathefire]

Wait, are you talking about changing the path?

I take it you ran 'which' to see that its running the old program?

which abcstart

modify either your .bash_profile file or /etc/profile to add the path?

e.g.

PATH=$PATH:/some/directory
export PATH

[Irithori]

Not neccesarily.
My best guess is, that the older version of this "abcstart" is still available in $PATH, and before the new one (assuming, that the new and old one are reachable via $PATH)

But it can as well be, that this software has its own env variables (popular for java apps) pointing to the old,
or some softlinks have not been updated..

As you can see, I am guessing.
That´s why I ask for more information.

[watertower]

Wait, are you talking about changing the path?

I take it you ran 'which' to see that its running the old program?

which abcstart

modify either your .bash_profile file or /etc/profile to add the path?

e.g.

PATH=$PATH:/some/directory
export PATH

I went into the .bash_profile and commented out the old path and created the new path but its still refering to the old one. Do I have to switch it in both places?

[Irithori]

Apart from that, did you try the good old rtfm?
For sure, there is a readme/install/update file somewhere explaining the update process for this software.

[scathefire]

When you edit .bash_profile, you have to load a new shell in order for it to take effect

[watertower]

When you edit .bash_profile, you have to load a new shell in order for it to take effect

This could probably be my issue... Do I just need to logout and login again? Or restart the machine or what?

[scathefire]

Logout and login