Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2488 mails)

["Charles R. Buchanan" <charles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 04 Feb 2007 15:29:11 -0800, J Sloan <joe@xxxxxxxxxx> took time to say the following:

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(^_^)Doug McGarrett wrote:
(^_^)> On Sunday 04 February 2007 15:24, Rajko M. wrote:
(^_^)>> On Sunday 04 February 2007 13:04, charles buchanan wrote:
(^_^)>> ...
(^_^)>>
(^_^)>>>>> if the program is  "install-realplayer10gold.bin" for instance,
(^_^)>>>>> The file is in /home/(username), I'm in the directory
(^_^)>>>>> /home/(username), do a dir and the file is there, I issue the
(^_^)>>>>> command(s) that is/are listed on the website for this program, what
(^_^)>>>>> else am I suppose to be doing?
(^_^)>> ...
(^_^)>>
(^_^)>>> I wanted to try out Thunderbird but couldn't get it to install.
(^_^)>> What is wrong?
(^_^)>> Program not running?
(^_^)>> Shell reports that can't find program?
(^_^)>>
(^_^)>> --
(^_^)>> Regards, Rajko.
(^_^)>> http://en.opensuse.org/Portal
(^_^)> 
(^_^)> You can't run a program from the directory it's in.  That seems to be a UNIX 
(^_^)> no-no.  Back up one directory, and run the command 
(^_^)> with /directory/install...etc.  I know it's goofy, but that's UNIX--and 
(^_^)> Linux.  In this case, the "directory" is /username.
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(^_^)Eh? In unix, you can run a program in any directory, from any directory, no
(^_^)limits, whatsoever.
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(^_^)If the program is not in the path (regardless of what directory the program is
(^_^)in, or your current directory) simply use the full path to the program.
(^_^)
(^_^)For Example:
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(^_^)If the file "install.sh" is in the current directory, simply type:
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(^_^)./install.sh
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(^_^)"." means the current directory in unix speak.
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(^_^)You may need to chmod 777 install.sh first, if it's not executable.
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(^_^)Joe

I downloaded a script yesterday. It was a script to check settings or
something or other for the ati card that I have installed. Tried to run
the script and even that didn't work.  So I should have ran "chmod 777
(or 555) as Ken has stated in his post?  

I also ran the chmod command for yet another program I was attempting to
install and that didn't work as well. I would feel like a heel if I was
just guessing at this stuff, but I just did what the instructions on the
website said to do. <shrug>  






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