Choosing between multiple executables with same name in Linux

Question

The system I am using has gnuplot installed in /usr/bin. I don\'t have root, but I needed a newer version of gnuplot, so I installed it to

Answer 1

Besides modifying the PATH as has been explained, you can also use aliases like this (in BASH)

alias gn=$HOME/usr/bin/gnuplot

then you just run it with

gn