How do i set up the files and directories in root for every time i try to run a program like make xconfig / load rpms off of cds or anything it comes back with can't find files or directories i was told that i need to config the system to look in the dir. what does that mean and how do i do this im running redhat 8.0 please explain in detail thank you steve.....I'm not understanding nor is the redhat Bible telling me or im not looking in the right place....

I think you are talking about your path. This is set up in your bash profile and will usually include /bin /usr/bin /usr/local/bin /usr/X11R6/bin etc...anywhere where binary files live (ie the executable program files). It may be that you are including spaces in the command line. Instead of: # rpm -ivh some rpm file.rpm you must type either: # rpm -ivh "some rpm file.rpm" or # rpm -ivh some\ rpm\ file.rpm

I use to have a similar problem, sometimes it will only look for files in the directories specified in your $PATH enviroment variable. you may need to specify that the file is in the current working directory by type ./ before the filename (for example, ./someconfigfile , or sh ./someshfile.sh )