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Before I add more detail to my question, I have to say something very important:

Yes, my script has "Allow executing file as program" turned on.

The question itself:

For programming reasons (shared libraries), I can't execute my program just from the executable, because I need to access LD_LIBRARY_PATH before executing the program. I created this script to do this (baring in mind this is my first time ever writing a script):

#!/bin/bash
#Get the current directory and append the SO's location
currentDir=$(pwd)'/libs/'

#Change the library path
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$currentDir

#Run the program
./program

After running this from the terminal I thought that it has worked, there were no errors and the program didn't complain about shared libraries. But unfortunately, if I try to double-click the .sh file from Nautilus, nothing happens. The worst part as well, is that since I'm running it from the GUI, I have no idea what error it is getting. I'm running Ubuntu 14.04 and the executable is a C++ program using the SFML libraries (Yes I could just have the dependencies, but SFML isn't commonly installed on Linux computers, and this is besides the point).

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  • Add the line notify-send $LD_LIBRARY_PATH below the line export… and test it again.
    – A.B.
    Aug 15, 2015 at 17:55
  • @JacobVlijm Do you know how I can cd to the correct directory, even if it has a spaces? Because when I try to call the script it cuts off at any space Aug 15, 2015 at 17:58
  • @A.B. No difference, same output in terminal, same lack of anything in nautilus Aug 15, 2015 at 18:00
  • No notification? Nothing?
    – A.B.
    Aug 15, 2015 at 18:01
  • Me? cd "your path even with spaces"
    – A.B.
    Aug 15, 2015 at 18:02

1 Answer 1

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The property Allow executing file as program is not enough.

Change the settings in Nautilus Preferences

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or via terminal:

gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus.preferences executable-text-activation ask
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  • When you put a screen shot which of those settings do you exactly mean?
    – ar2015
    Feb 14, 2021 at 17:03

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