Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2488 mails)

[James Knott <james.knott@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Doug McGarrett wrote:
> > > 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.
>   

You don't have to change to another directory.  you just have to precede 
the name with "./".  It's a security thing, that makes it more difficult 
for malware to do damage.  It's easy to bypass, by modifying your path.

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