[flashrom] flashrom vs ./flashrom

[oneofthem]

On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 12:47:52PM +0200, Stefan Tauner wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Jun 2013 19:59:26 +1000
> oneofthem <oneofthem at lavabit.com> 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.
> 
> -- 
> Kind regards/Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Stefan Tauner
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.