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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How to launch only shell scripts from Nautilus
This is related to questions like “How do I run executable scripts in Nautilus?” or “How to execute a script just by double clicking like .EXE files in Windows?”.
I would also like to have shell ...
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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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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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How do I create a desktop icon which launches a terminal program in Ubuntu 20.04?
I am working on a desktop shortcut for my users that will ask for a password and decrypt all files in a specific directory. I am using Ubuntu 20.04. I have a .desktop file written:
[Desktop Entry]
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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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web links are opened twice
Since I installed Firefox Quantum and Firefox ESR 52 both (Kubuntu Trusty / KDE 4.13.3) it happens every time that any external web link is opened twice in my default browser. So I presume this is an ...
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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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How can I mount ntfs partition from nautilus with exec permission?
I am looking for a feature similar to that existed in Earlier Ubuntu releases (until Ubuntu Lucid AFAIK).
The feature was, When I click on the drive icon on the left side bar of nautilus, NTFS drives ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Setting file access permissions for an executable
So I constantly find myself downloading executable's from the internet and running them on my computer. Although I don't run everything I find on the net, I still don't want to trust them with all my ...
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How to make a executable blender file into debian(.deb)
I have made a game(1.5a release version) in Blender and I want to make it debian(so evryone can install it trought Software center with .deb file). Who can tell me, how to do that? And also I would ...
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How to get back the "Find applications online" option?
I need to open/ run a file which doesn't open with recommended application, so when I right click on it and after that click on 'open with other applications' then below the recommended and other ...
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Wubi-installed ubuntu won't allow me to execute executable files
I'm trying to run executable files on Ubuntu, but it's not working, although the exact same executable file works fine on others' machines, which are also running Ubuntu 12.04 like me. Based on this, ...
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Couldn't find executable named error Ubuntu
I am trying to fly the ardrone parrot 2.0 using tum_ardrone ptam module. It is a rospackage, so I had to make it using
rosmake tum_ardrone
The above compiled with 0 failures. however, when I ...
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Executable Windows permission on Samba
I'm using Ubuntu 13.04 (though I've had this same problem on 12.10) and am running Samba with some shares set up so I can run some Windows tools (.exes) directly from the shares. Every Windows ...
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Executable file not executing
I cannot run an executable file, and it seems that all permissions, owner, etc. are correct. I don't understand the problem; I hope that someone will find a solution.
I'm logged as tux.
tux@tux-...
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Problem with executing dssp (secondary structure assignment)
I followed a previous post to install dssp on Ubuntu
How to install dssp (secondary structure assignments) under 12.04?
After the installation I tried to execute dssp which was in /usr/local/bin/...
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Icon does not appear in the desktop files in /usr/share/applications
Im using Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS
Im trying to add some shortcuts to desktop. When I go to /usr/share/applications I see a lot of files, but none of them are with picture icons.
Where are all the ...
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Cannot run executable file - SPAZ installer
After reinstalling my Ubuntu (right now I have 12.04.1) I'm trying to install SPAZ, but when I run the installer:
gacek@gacek-Vostro-3460:~$ ./spaz-linux-humblebundle-09182012-bin
bash: ./spaz-linux-...
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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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I've downloaded the zipball for ActivityWatch. How do I make a shortcut in the desktop?
The main exe, aw-qt, comes with an aw-qt.desktop file. But if I just cut-paste it into the Desktop like I would in Windows, it won't work. What should I do?