Hallo!


I am trying to install a programm using an executable file in Ubuntu
8.04. It should work quite easily....

But when I try to execute it with "sudo ./programm name" a
received a message that says that the file does not exist. But it does! I
can see it, I can copy it into another directory...

I have tried to execute it in /usr/local and from Desktop, but the
message does not change.


I would really appreciate your help!!


Thank you


Eva



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Eva Torreira wrote:
> I am trying to install a programm using an executable file in Ubuntu
> 8.04. It should work quite easily....
> But when I try to execute it with "sudo ./programm name" a received a
> message that says that the file does not exist. But it does! I can
> see it, I can copy it into another directory...
> I have tried to execute it in /usr/local and from Desktop, but the
> message does not change.

If the program has a space in the name like you wrote in your
description the command should be

sudo "./programm name"

because otherwise the shell would try to execute "./program" with "name"
as an option.

Other than that, check the permissions that the program file is
executable.


Nils

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On Thu, 2009-03-05 at 15:42 +0100, Eva Torreira wrote:
> Hallo!
>
> I am trying to install a programm using an executable file in Ubuntu
> 8.04. It should work quite easily....
> But when I try to execute it with "sudo ./programm name" a received a
> message that says that the file does not exist. But it does! I can see
> it, I can copy it into another directory...
> I have tried to execute it in /usr/local and from Desktop, but the
> message does not change.
>
> I would really appreciate your help!!

Check to be sure the file has the execute bits set. If you are getting
a message like:

sudo: unable to execute ./zzz: No such file or directory

then the file may be a script and the script interpreter is not
installed on your system. The above usually means the pathname found in
the first line of the script does not exist.

#! <pathname>



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