> Yes, the executable file works, and I've ran the program from its own
> directory.  It'd be really handy if my bashrc file existed, although I
> suppose I can just launch it from my Fluxbox menu for now.

>>>Anyone have experience using silc?  Its a bit like IRC, but utilizes
>>>encryption, among other things.  I've installed it, sort of, but can't get
>>>it to run with the "silc" command the README file specifies.  I figure I
>>>just need to add its own silc/bin directory to my .bashrc file, but I
>>>can't seem to find that either (tried ls -a in my home directory and all).
>>>Any ideas on where I can locate the file and get silc running?
>>
>>How are you trying to execute it?  Just typing silc?  First find out
>>where it has installed and try typing the absolute path to the
>>executable.  If it works, then you can add it to the relevent path variable.

The lack of the .bashrc and .bash_profile files suggests that you are just using 
the system global files that are buried in /etc/...  Just make a .bashrc and and 
the silc bin directory to your path:

vi ~/.bashrc
export PATH=$PATH:/path/to/silc/bin