Questions tagged [executable]
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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I am trying to install a previous version of the game Fortify for Linux. I am trying to get it to run on a Chromebook
I downloaded the file and unzipped it. I was left with one folder called Fortify1_54linux. and in that it had Fortify_Data and Fortify.x86. I am trying to run the x86 file because I think that's how I ...
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Open JDK doesn't run my jar files
I decided to start java programming on Linux instead of Windows, but I can only open my projects in the NetBeans IDE. When I make the distribution into a .jar file, I can't open them. I already gave ...
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How to update system firmware on MSI machines?
MSI machines support just a single method for updating the firmware, and that is through .exe files released by MSI.
Since MSI officially supports just the Windows operating system, all there support ...
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How to create a desktop icon for an executable?
I am new to Linux and this may seem trivial but I can't find a easy solution.
I downloaded VS Code to my Home directory and unzipped it.
I know that I have to modify the file with chmod +x code and ...
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Couldn't Display [program] -- No application installed for "shared library" files
I think the problem is -- to Ubuntu, it doesn't seem that some of the files are executable at all or rather it doesn't know its file to type. The Files Manager due to which instead of showing the ...
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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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Can't execute .out files, getting permission denied
I have written a C++ program and complied it to produce a.out file. However, whenever I try to run it, I get Permission Denied. I read that we can use sudo, but I can't quite get it to work. I use ...
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How to execute a script just by double clicking like .EXE files in Windows?
How can I make a bash script executable by double clicking just like .exe files in Windows? I tried creating a launcher and assigning the script to it, but there are two consequences:
the terminal ...
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Is there any way to stop a user from creating executables and running them?
Ransomware attacks could use zero-day exploits, but often an attacker will just fool a gullible user into running an executable by downloading and clicking.
Suppose we have a naive user and want to ...
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binfmt-detector-cli from mono-runtime does not recognize x64 executables?
On 64-bit Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS, I can apparently run "x86" exe files, but not "x64" ones.
If I use monodevelop to build the x86 configuration of a project, resulting in x86/test.exe, I can run it with ....
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Binary files not being generated
When I try to compile a c, c++, or fortran code no binaries are generated and no errors are thrown by the compilers neither. This seems to be independent of the compiler. For example, below I try to ...
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How do I open an executable from files in Ubuntu 22?
I have a few executables compiled with g++. Some are simple hello world programs with sleep statements, others are large projects with GUIs etc.
Running the executables from terminal using ./{...
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Fstab doesn't mount with exec
I have an ext4 partition that I mount using the following fstab line
UUID=41dec246-654d-4e35-9d4e-68150e40c5b0 /mnt/Data ext4 defaults,user 0 2
But then I realized that I can't ...
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Cannot execute .sh file
I am having an issue making a file executable. The file is gatewaystart.sh. I have unzipped a downloaded folder containing the specified file, into /opt/ibc using the command
sudo unzip ~/Downloads/...
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"No such file" when running a 32-bit program on a 64-bit system
I downloaded a Chromium snapshot and unzipped it, like this:
michael@ubuntu:/opt/chrome-linux$ ls
chrome libffmpegsumo.so nacl_irt_x86_32.nexe
chrome.1 ...
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How to make a file (e.g. a .sh script) executable, so it can be run from a terminal
I have a script.sh file and type of this file is shellscript file. I want to make this file as application/x-executable file. How can I make it?
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Why am I still unable to run a script on NTFS partitions after remount with suitable perssimions?
I use a mobile hard disk in ubuntu and I want to run scripts on the disk.
At first, the permission is denied. Therefore, I followed the advices in this answer How do I use 'chmod' on an NTFS (...
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How to install JetBrains ToolBox in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS?
I downloaded the zipped folder for the ToolBox app from JetBrains' official site. After extracting the folder, I clicked multiple times on the ToolBox executable app, but nothing happened on the ...
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cant run executable (application/x-executable) [duplicate]
I am a new Ubuntu user and I want to stream my system sound on my phone via usb. I downloaded soundwire which is a program that allows us to do this. I tested it on my other linux distro and was able ...
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Self build executable can only be executed via context menu "run as a program"
I am using Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS
I have created an executable using pyinstaller and copied it to the desktop. The problem is that it does not open when double-clicked.
However, if you open the desktop as ...
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executable icon is missing for Ubuntu 18.04
I recently updated my Ubuntu from 16.04 to 18.04, and one problem is the icon for the executable is the same as the one for a text file. (ArucoDetect is an executable, and others are usual text files)
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Converting PowerShell (.ps1) script to Windows Executable (.EXE) on Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS
I have a PowerShell script file (.ps1) that I need to convert into a Windows Executable file (.EXE). Here is a sample PowerShell script:
# This is a sample PowerShell script
# Define a variable
$...
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How to run a powershell script to generate exe in ubuntu with ps2exe package
How to make powershell script to generate exe in ubuntu with ps2exe package.
My script is working fine in Windows OS but the same script not working in Ubuntu. I need to run this script in Ubuntu ...
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setfacl operation not permited if I set rwx
I have a deploy pipeline which runs under the deployment user. Pipeline need to set up permissions for some directories for www-data group. So I wrote this command:
setfacl -R -dm g:www-data:rwx /var/...
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Permission on the main folder isn't reflected on the sub folders
I have assigned a folder(MF) to a group (ENG). This group has read, wright and execute permissions to the folder MF. However, MF has sub folders in it. Some sub folders do not list the ENG group to ...
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Ubuntu Studo 22.10 Autostart not starting "desktop entries" and specifies opening executables with executables
In System Settings "Startup and Shutdown" Autostart "application properties" file type application /x-desktop the "Open With" field lists executables for opening desktop ...
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Tlauncher wont open
I installed TLauncher , it worked well
but when I close it I can't open it again
and when i try to open with openjdk it says that it's not marked as executable
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pliz help
and when I only click on it ...
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Pass an array to a bash function, syntax error: "(" unexpected
I am trying to pass an array as an input for a different bash file. The main file is:
#!/bin/bash
arr=( "$@" )
path=`pwd`
cd ${arr[0]}
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how to install gv50m.exe onto ubuntu 22.04 and run the program using wine-stable
The .exe is a installation file for a gps tracker management and update software, i cant seem to figure out how to do it. Please let me know what system information is needed (and how to obtain such ...
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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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Permission denied error when compiling fortran code in Netbeans 7.3.1 on ubuntu linux 12.04.2 [closed]
So I read through a bunch of posting about similar issues, but none of them seemed to fix this problem. I am running netbeans 7.3.1 on ubuntu 12.04.2 x64. I wrote some fortran code and saved it to an ...
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Are binary executables portable? [closed]
Consider I have a binary executable file (like ffmpeg). Can I just copy that file to another machine running Ubuntu for using it? Will it just work or might it face problems?
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How do I add an icon to an executable file [duplicate]
I have several utility programs that I can run only by clicking on their "generic" executable file. How can I assign an icon to each of them for it to show in the Launcher? I am using Ubuntu 14.04 LTS....
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PATH not working even after successfully modifying it
For some reason I am successful in adding new directories to my $PATH but when I run the commands in the terminal the $PATH doesn't summon them.
I modified the $PATH in the ~/.bashrc file, and added ...
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What is the equivalent of an "exe file"?
I don't know what the exact executable file extension is. Is it .deb or .tar.gz?
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Pyinstaller giving error
I am trying to deploy our python service into our test server, but I am facing an issue.
We are doing development on Rock Pi S board (yocto image OS) which has Python 3.7 and we accidentally developed ...
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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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Can't open .AppImages even after setting it to executable?
I've tried allowing execution in properties and opening through terminal but nothing works.
Specifically, I'm trying to install Linar Client for minecraft. I've tried launching through the desktop, ...
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How do I run a executable (application/x-executable) file?
I just downloaded Zodiac (a chem software) for linux and I tried using sudo bash ./Zodiac_linux from the directory where it's installed and I received the error:
./Zodiac_linux: ./Zodiac_linux: cannot ...
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Weird symbols while trying to move the cursor in text written in console
i am new to Ubuntu.
I was running a c++ executable but i encountered this problem, the program asks for a written input but when i try to move the cursor with the arrow keys through the thing i wrote, ...
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Executable-text-files Option missing on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / GNOME 42.0
SH files should be executed when double-clicking, instead of being opened in a Text Editor, e.g. Gedit. One can assumingly change this behavior through option "Executable Text Files" in ...
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Autorun .EXE files with WINE
I am using WINE to run several Windows-only games that I play. Currently, in order to play the game, I must locate the file in Nautilus, right click, and Open with > WINE. If I lock the .EXE file to ...
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bash: ./program: cannot execute binary file: Exec format error
I'm trying to run a program, but it gives an error:
bash: ./program: cannot execute binary file: Exec format error
The result of file program was:
program: ELF-32-bit LSB executable, ARM, EABI4 ...
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Cannot locate executable through symbolic link
I'm new to Linux/Mac OS in it's entirety, but I've learned a lot the last few days.
My NativeScript app builds using the python command, but my system only has python3 installed.
That is all fine, and ...
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ldd started to show me “not a dynamic executable”
I am a bit confused because I don't understand why it happens:
The last changes on the system that I remember were
installed g++5 for the old porject (removed already)
apt autoclean
removed ...
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How to execute multiple executable together
I want to execute the below shown executable together using the .sh file.
I am trying as shown below.But this executing one after another. Please guide me the changes I should make to execute them ...
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Cmap Tools - which file to execute
I have installed CMapTools in Ubuntu, into a directory ~IHMCP CMap Tools. But I can't seem to figure out which is the executable file. Can you help?
Thanks!
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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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Atom Flatpak using sandboxed runtimes and executables in package settings
I'm using the flatpak version of Atom. I want to install a linting package for PHP, so that code errors are easier to spot. However it requires access to the php binary.
Now since this is a Flatpak, ...
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What to do after Wine install?
I have installed Wine using the following:
sudo apt-get i wine
I have got the files installed. Now, my question is the following:
How can I proceed further to open my .exe files?