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I just installed git on CentOS 6.8. When I run the command git from a bash-shell, I get the following error message:

-bash: /usr/bin/git: Bestand of map bestaat niet

Sorry, Dutch installation. Meaning: "File or folder doesn't exist". Git is installed.

When I run /usr/local/bin/git --version, I get the following output:

/usr/local/bin/git: /usr/local/lib/libz.so.1: no version information available (required by /usr/local/bin/git)
git version 2.5.3

(not sure if the libz message is a problem).

which git points to /usr/local/bin/git, so that's fine too. echo $PATH returns /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/root/bin. I've looked for aliases and other clues in .bash_profile, .bashrc and /etc/bashrc, but nothing...

How can I run git with just entering the command git?

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    Have you ever run git before while it was in /usr/bin? If you run type git what do you see?
    – Eric Renouf
    Mar 24, 2017 at 13:11
  • Yes! I've installed it first with yum, but that was git version 1.7. type git says git is gehasht (/usr/bin/git). Some hash cache? How do I clear it?
    – doekman
    Mar 24, 2017 at 13:17
  • As the other question talks about, bash will cache locations of files it's used so it doesn't have to search the path each time, included there are instructions to either clear a specific file (git here) or the entire cache
    – Eric Renouf
    Mar 24, 2017 at 13:19

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Make a symbolic link between /usr/bin/git and /usr/local/bin/git

ln -s /usr/local/bin/git /usr/bin/git
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    Yeah, that's a solution. I could also create an alias. But I would rather understand what is going on. Thanks for the answer though. Didn't think of this solution. (I swapped target and link name in your example, but it only shows when it's peer reviewed).
    – doekman
    Mar 24, 2017 at 13:13
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    I'm ALWAYS having this issue with ln ... Thanks for the correction.
    – V.Frenot
    Mar 24, 2017 at 13:19

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