flashrom vs ./flashrom

[oneofthem]

When I use flashrom it gives me command not found while when I use
/flashrom it works.
Whats the difference?

I want to know because the guide I'm following calls for just flashrom
which doesn't work for me.
https://www.coreboot.org/Lenovo_x60x

[Stefan Tauner]

On Tue, 25 Jun 2013 19:59:26 +1000
oneofthem  wrote:
> When I use flashrom it gives me command not found while when I use
> /flashrom it works.
> Whats the difference?

Hi,

this depends on where your flashrom binary is and is a generic symptom
of operating systems not related to flashrom at all. background
information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Path_variable

flashrom does not care how it is called, but if you have more than one
binary on your system (e.g. one installed by the package manager of your
operation system and one compiled yourself), you need to take care to
use the right one. flashrom prints version information on top which can
help, but i suggest that you remove all binaries but one.

[oneofthem]

On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 12:47:52PM +0200, Stefan Tauner wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Jun 2013 19:59:26 +1000
> oneofthem  wrote:
> > When I use flashrom it gives me command not found while when I use
> > /flashrom it works.
> > Whats the difference?
>
> Hi,
>
> this depends on where your flashrom binary is and is a generic symptom
> of operating systems not related to flashrom at all. background
> information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Path_variable
>
> flashrom does not care how it is called, but if you have more than one
> binary on your system (e.g. one installed by the package manager of your
> operation system and one compiled yourself), you need to take care to
> use the right one. flashrom prints version information on top which can
> help, but i suggest that you remove all binaries but one.

Alright, thank you.
I haven't installed the one from my package manager, only compiled one
myself because I need to edit the code for flashing to work.