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An executable is a program contained in one file. This file is often referred to as an executable because of the Windows extension for executables(.EXE).

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File not marked as executable

I'm trying to install a game that has a two-CD installation, and I get this error message: The file '/media/FREESPACE_1/Setup.exe' is not marked as executable. If this was downloaded or copied from ...
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Why am I not able to execute an application created by Qt? Also, I am not able to give execute permissions to it

Why am I not able to execute an application created by Qt? Also, I am not able to give execute permissions to it. When i click "allow executing file as program", it automatically unchecks.
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Execution gets stopped in ssh remote server

I am trying to run Quantum ESPRESSO on a remote server through SSH in the Linux terminal from my machine. For this, I am running a binary executable program with a text input file as: $ mpirun -np 20 ...
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Where can i find the files of exe installation?

Where can i find the files of exe installation as i'm using wine to install exe file
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How can I download a .exe file from a given URL?

I would like to download, then install a .exe file from a URL via the command line via wget or curl. Specifically MS Build Tools 2015 (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/confirmation.aspx?id=...
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Executable path /usr/bin/gnome internal error

I cant open ubuntu software and everytime it crashes, I get an internal error: Executable path /usr/bin/gnome-software How can I solve it?
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Impossible to launch graphic executables in nautilus

I recently re-installed Ubuntu in 64 bit, (before I had it in 32 bit). I had the home folder on a partition and the system on another. So when I re-installed I kept my old home folder. My problem is ...
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Wine Not Able To Run .exe File(s)

Before I installed Ubuntu on my laptop, Windows was infected with a virus, that Avast detected was installed by an .exe file. I installed Ubuntu in a dual boot, keeping my Windows data partition, ...
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Set "Allow executing file as program" as default when files are added to a folder later

I have a folder, I am setting its permissions by using chmod. chmod 777 /home/Desktop/Project is success. I am using a tool(.exe) that will download the project from the repository. But after the ...
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How to make one shortcut to compile and execute cpp file

I'm using Ubunru 15.04 GCC : 4.9.2 I usually use this command to compile my cpp files : g++ /path/file.cpp -o /path/output and it's cool ! so I made this into a shortcut with .desktop file ...
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Unable to launch xdiagnose through GUI in normal way

I am in need of doing some diagnostics work with xdiagnose, however when searching for it in the Activities Overview, and then clicking on it, absolutely nothing happens, when in the past it would ask ...
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Troubles while installing bio-informatics tool DIAMOND [duplicate]

I am trying to install the bio-informatics tool called DIAMOND. Unfortunately I am experiencing problems during installation: The Ubuntu version that I am using is: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS I am following ...
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Why all zip files should be marked as executable?

I can extract any .zip file by right clicking on it and choosing Extract here. I'm also able to open any .rar .tar.gz and etc files without extracting them (access its inside files by opening the .rar ...
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Error: object "ip" is unknown , try "ip help"

I am trying to run trusted executables through a script. I copied the binary executable /bin/ip to a directory called Tools. I renamed the binary to eip. I have navigated to the directory tools and ...
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Executable won't execute

I hope that my post is acceptable although I am actually running lubuntu, not ubuntu. I am trying to create an executable file but I am having difficulties. I created a script with a text editor and ...
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Can't add the exec option to my data partition in Ubuntu 14.04

I'm using an HDD as a external drive, it has 3 partitions and one of them is for my Ubuntu Documents. I'm trying to compile my programs and it gives me the msg: bash: ./qt-opencv-multithreaded: ...
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Running executable files in GUI [duplicate]

I have an executable file called drracket in a folder : However in GUI it appears as a source file : Is there a way to run the file via GUI like double-click etc.? (Running it in prompt forces me to ...
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64 bit executable won't run on 64 bit server

The file: root@hx:~/rippled/build# file rippled rippled: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (GNU/Linux), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.24, BuildID[sha1]=...
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Can't run application/x-executable files in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (linaxepad)

I'll hope that you can help me!! I've tried to execute linaxepad (application/x-executable), extracting from "linaxepad.tar.gz" file. But nothing happens (Ubuntu doesn't show anything) and if I try ...
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Linking CXX executable RemoteZynAddSubFx

I'm trying to build the latest version of LMMS v1.0.0 and I'm running into this error Linking CXX executable RemoteZynAddSubFx /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lXft /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lfontconfig /...
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Static linking to a library

I'm trying to run a pre-compiled program from http://cherrypit.princeton.edu/donev/Packing/PackLSD/Instructions.html The pages states that: The executables only link in standard (OpenGL, libtiff,...
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How to make shortcuts to executables

I'm a little bit noob. I can run a program in terminal with; $sudo /opt/eclipse/eclipse but I don't know how to create a shortcut that starts it with root privileges (They are installed in /opt so ...
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Why won't it allow me to change the access for disk games [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How can I run an executable from a CD when it doesn't have the executable bit set? I now have Ubuntu LTS and any time I try to install a game using a disk it says mark as ...
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Libraries used by C# executables

I am having a problem when I try to run C# executables (compiled with mono C# compiler at 10.10 server) inside a chroot jail. In order to run the executable inside the jail I need to include the ...
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Wine won't run any .exe programs that are installed on other Drives

whit 10.10 I did't had this problem I was able to run programs from my windows Drive through Wine by just double-clicking or selecting run by Wine, but in 11.04 when I run program this way it says : ...
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Pass an array to a bash function, syntax error: "(" unexpected

I am trying to pass an array as an input for a different bash file. The main file is: #!/bin/bash arr=( "$@" ) path=`pwd` cd ${arr[0]} read -p "Enter number of videous: " ...
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Using GTK4 to build a small window app [closed]

Once the small program is compiled, I run it by double clicking the executable in Nautilus. When I have a second but completely different windowed app and double click on it while the first windowed ...
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Can't run executable(s) located in /run

I had created a program which runs completely fine in /home/me/go/src/health-monitoring-api and /home/me/health-monitoring-api directories. But when I copied it to /run i.e. when the executable is in /...
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How to install libcrypt.so.2?

I've got a tkinter executable. When launching from the terminal, I've got an error complaining about a missing libcrypt.so.2. I don´t know what this library is used for but it's needed apparently for ...
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There is no application installed for "shared library" files

Created a simple python gui window and make executable with PyInstaller. The executable is not able to run firstly on the development machine (of course it will failed when it is copy to a yocto with ...
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Make KDE ignore file extension and run an .exe as a Linux executable

I'm sure you're wondering why the hell I'd want to do that. I'd like to run a Steam game (Doom 3 to be specific), and I can force it to download since Steam now uses Proton to be compatible, but I ...
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Pyinstaller could not find NVCC after generating one file executable, Ubuntu 16.04LTS

I have a python project that uses CUDA and Pycuda as part of the implementation. It runs with out error when executed as a python file. Then I generated an executable using pyinstaller but it gives me ...
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Does execve reset GP registers?

Does execve() or any of its sister functions reset the general-purpose registers? In other words, if the caller stores some values in all or some GPRs, will the new program see the same values in the ...
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how to run the files within a folder using an executable file?

I want to run some files within a directory (mike1). I have to use an executable file that is in another directory(Zacros). How can I do it? The software's manual says: "Zacros expects all the right ...
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Why does my file become a shared library instead of an executable?

I'm trying to build a SPPARKS (Sandia software) executable file following the procedure detailed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BT1RsrPkKXU The issue is that, my final "make" file should end ...
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Cannot open executable file (shared library)? [closed]

I compiled some software from GitHub and I tried to run it, but I can't. Any ideas why it is not working?
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Darling binaries [duplicate]

Where can I find pre-built binaries for darling? I do not want to have to build from source. This is not a duplicate, because other answers don't give binaries, they just show how to compile from ...
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After upgrading to Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS all my .desktop launchers went "Untrusted" [duplicate]

After upgrading to Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS all my .desktop launchers went "Untrusted", and I have to "re-trust" them manually. While many other posts (e.g. this) say to use the command in terminal: gio ...
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How can I find the files for installed programs [duplicate]

Where are the files of my installed programs located? I would like to collect all of them in one "install" folder so that I can reinstall them any time I want, just as I can do in Windows.
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Wine + PlayOnLinux + SelfExtractingArchive.exe

What if I want to install Windows software using PlayOnLinux, but the only .exe file I can select is a self-extracting archive? How do I extract the actual main program file that PlayOnLinux is ...
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How do I make an executable instead of a shared library under 18.04.1?

When I make a Fortran executable using make under 18.04.1, a shared library is made that is executable instead of an executable. I have attached images comparing 18.04 and 18.04.1 results. How do I ...
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IDL not running on Ubuntu 18.04 "exec: /idl/idl1706/bin/bin.linux.x86/idl: not found"

I have just installed IDL 7.1 on Ubuntu 18.04 x86_64. No error messages were prompted during the installation. However, when I try to run IDL on the shell, an error message is shown: /idl/idl706/bin/...
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Is the vdso shared library (linux-vdso.so) the library that contains the kernel object code (system calls)?

I noticed that all my programs compiled to gcc are linked to vdso library. Is this the library that contain the system calls to the kernel, like mmap() and fork() and other system calls? I know that ...
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Getting "no such file or directory". Why? [duplicate]

Why am I getting the following error? # whoami root # ls -l seamonkey -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 127044 Dec 13 22:11 seamonkey # ./seamonkey bash: ./seamonkey: No such file or directory # LC_ALL=C ...
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Error no such file or directory

I have this executable file in my folder and whenever I try to execute it, it shows the error sudo: unable to execute ./GASS_NCBI: No such file or directory After typing ls -alt This is what shows ...
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Recover python in /usr/bin [duplicate]

I tried to install a newer version of the python and associate with the /usr/bin folder. Hence, in the configure file of that newer version I modified initialization location from /usr/local to /usr. ...
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Create double click executable file

I would like to create a file, which could be saved in the Desktop or in another folder, which upon a user double click on it executes some commands, one of which should be as super user (sudo) and ...
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Ubuntu not finding file (permission 755) [duplicate]

Running ubuntu 15.10 64 bit. Extracted oracle's jdk and was trying to run java. Permission look ok, but why is it not finding java executable - raj@raj-VirtualBox:~/jdk1.8.0_74/bin$ ./java -version ...
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Apatana Studio3 configuration for php

I installed Apatana studio3. When I try to run a php script it asks for a php-interpreter. I am using Apache2. So what is the executable path and .ini file location for this configuration.
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How to change a program and all its subroutines executable?

for running a program, I need to change its install file to a executable file. I can do that, but my problem is that program calls some subroutines and those need to be executable too. Is there any ...
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