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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What is the difference between ./ and sh to run a script?
I have written a simple script.
When I runsh <myscriptname.sh>, i got the correct output, but when I run ./<myscriptname.sh>, I got an error.
What is difference between when I do sh and ...
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How to run .sh file [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I run .sh files in Terminal?
I want to download JDownloader from the internet for Linux. But the file is .sh and when I tell ubuntu to open the file it uses some ...
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Where can I find the application executables in the filesystem?
Where are executables for programs stored in Ubuntu?
An application (Komodo Edit) is asking me to identify an application to be used as a web browser. I've become used to just entering the ...
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Why does Ubuntu fail to run .exe files? / How do I run .exe?
So, I just built my PC today, and am only using Ubuntu until I get Windows installed (sorry, guys!) But when I go to click on any .exe file, nothing happens. It just sits there. No error message, ...
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No such file or directory? But the file exists!
I've downloaded a game (Shank) but the bin file doesn't run. The error that is shown when I try to launch the executable is:
bash: ./shank-linux-120720110-1-bin: No such file or directory
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How can I run an executable from a CD when it doesn't have the executable bit set?
A textbook I'm using came with a CD containing a few supplementary applications. To my pleasant surprise, it appears to include an installer for Linux.
The readme file on the CD provides the ...
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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? Can anyone on Ask Ubuntu help?
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No such file or directory for existing executable
I just upgrade to Ubuntu 11.10 x64 from Ubuntu 11.04 32bit. But I find a really annoying problem. When I drag executable from file explorer to shell, the shell says
bash: ...
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An exe file that I want to run on linux made for windows comes up as a Trojan on VirusTotal - how would I run it without it affecting my system?
Is there any way that I can run this program on my Linux system without possibly getting a virus?
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Bash: ./filename : Cannot execute binary file
I couldn't execute a fortran compiled code in ubuntu 11.10 32 bit.
Error message is Bash: ./filename : Cannot execute binary file.
I've installed the gcc and gfortran libraries too.
Could anyone ...
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Why does Ubuntu refuse to execute files from an NTFS partition?
I mount an NTFS partition (where I've got some Linux binaries and scripts alongside with Win32 and data files) with the following fstab line:
/dev/sda5 /mnt/dat ntfs-3g ...
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How do I execute a file from a FAT USB drive?
I'm trying to install a portable app onto my USB drive such that it is compatible with both Ubuntu and Windows (specifically, a program called eToys). Support is already built into the app for both ...
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Dependency Walker for ubuntu
Is there a tool like Windows DependencyWalker for Ubuntu ? I would like to see all shared libraries my executable depends on.
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How to create deb installer from tarballs? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Simplest Debian Packaging Guide?
there are several tarballs (e.g. Firefox, Eclipse, Zend Studio and ...) that have executable file within, that easily we can extract ...
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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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Trying to make file executable on USB, but the permission doesn't “stick” [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to 'chmod' on an NTFS ( or FAT32 ) partition?
I'm using LastPass as my password manager, and I use Sesame for multifactor authentication. On Windows this was ...
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launching executable from /usr/local/bin needs access to local file
I have an executable, called "octane", that I want to be able to launch globally. The executable requires access to a local binary, "octane.dat", in order to run.
I placed the directory containing ...
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ubuntu upstart script execute a script.py program
I'm creating an upstart script to execute a python program I've written. When the service is starting I want to echo starting service - script.py... and echo the process id of the program once ...
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Setting execute permisions on a mounted image
How do you set execute permissions on a .exe that is on a mounted image (.ISO file)?
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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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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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What is the difference between `command` and `./command`?
I found that sometime I use the command to run a command, but sometime I use the ./command to run another command.
What is the difference?
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What type of file am I looking for when attempting to add an executable to startup applications?
I know in Windows it's a .EXE, what about Ubuntu? Specifically I removed the startup application hook for Docky and for whatever reason Docky won't add it back in, so I want to add it back in ...
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How to find the executable file of an app if 'whereis' is not showing it?
This basically to do with cuttlefish(The app from showdown) in this case.
I cant find the location of the executable file for it.
The command whereis did not give any results!
I want to add it to ...
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Running executable txt.file in terminal by default
Basically, I have the code I need to run the thread to start my Minecraft server in an executable text file. When I click it, it asks me what I want to do with it: Run In Terminal, Display or just ...
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How to force Dolphin to not execute executable files
Dolphin has a nasty habit to execute whatever executable file I accidentally click on. How to turn off this behavior? Is there anything like in Nautilus which would allow to select appropriate action?
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How do you make the contents of ISOs mounted by the Archive Mounter Executable?
The Archive Mounter feature in recent Ubuntu editions is great: you just use it on any *.iso file and it mounts it as if you'd put a CD in the drive ... well, almost.
If you want to just read the ...
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How to flash a BIOS when only a Windows binary is provided?
I want to update the BIOS on Toshiba QOSMIO-G30. The exe file that i downloaded from the manufacture web site suppose to be OS independent! Yet using Wine Loader could not execute the file. Is there ...
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How do I run an executable Truecrypt file from a pendrive?
I am trying to run Portable Truecrypt from a USB Pendrive. I already extracted the package and all but the only way I can really open Truecrypt portable is if the executable is somewhere in my home ...
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All files on automounted NTFS partition are marked as executable
I have set up an NTFS partition to automount via fstab:
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
# device; this may be used with ...
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How to move an EXE file to Wine's fake C: drive
can anyone tell me how I can move a .exe file to Wine's fake C: drive? Thanks!
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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: ...
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Ubuntu Equivalent of portable executable file
I am developing an application which had some dependency and for that i use external tools. One example is that i use putty's commandline tool plink.exe to telnet/ssh remote machine from java program. ...
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How do I change how executable files are handled by the file manager?
When I double click on text files, nautilus asks me what I would like to do with them. I find this to be intrusive, as I just want them to open.
How can I fix this?
Note:
This question is a ...
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How to run an executable bash script on Kubuntu?
I have recently changed my OS from Ubuntu 11.04 to Kubuntu 10.04 but don't know how to get my executable bash scripts to run on Kubuntu. On Ubuntu all I did was click on the text file and I was given ...
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Executable execution path. Does it depends of the place the executable is called from?
as I'm still a new Linux user, I still discover some behaviours and I'm unable to tell if they are "normals" or not. I searched the Internet but as I can't really find an answer I guess it's time to ...
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How do I create a shortcut and place on the desktop?
I would like to create a shortcut which will cd to a particular directory and then execute a .sh file, thereby opening my application.
At the moment I enter the following into the terminal:
cd ...
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“No such file or directory”, but the file exists
I copied some files to Ubuntu (running on VirtualBox). Trying to open the said copied files and get an error. I'm not entirely sure how the file directory system works, but I used cp command to copy ...
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When automount ntfs partition, all file were marked “Allow executing file as program”
I edited /etc/fstab to automount NTFS partition, then all file were marked "Allow executing file as program". How can I fix it?
EDIT:
When I double click any text file, it didn't show immediately, a ...
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How to run Doom3 BFG executable?
I installed Doom3 BFG edition the way it said over here.
The whole procedure was carried out as instructed.
When I double clicked the executable file, my computer didn’t know how to open it so ...
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Double click executable file and nothing happens
I'm trying to install a game for Linux called Myth 2. Autorun doesn't run when I insert the CD. When I double-click or right-click and the select "Open" on the Setup file, a box appears saying that ...
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Simple file doesn't run (command not found!)
Here in the screen shot, there is a window and terminal open.
I am running on Ubuntu 10.04(kernel 2.6) LTS 64bit LiveCD session, and trying to run testDisk to recover my another formatted ...
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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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Wine issues with Runescape
Believe it or not, I play Runescape. I find the game to be interesting.
Out of my curiosity, I found that there is a way to play the game in an executable file. However, there was no Linux download ...
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Wine won't configure!
I finally installed Wine (the program to run exe files) and it took a very long time to install.
Now, I have a package configuration window that is pink and looks like this .
I don't know what ...
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Why can't I execute any .sh scripts? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I run .sh files in Terminal?
When I try to run a .sh script in Terminal it says I have no permissions to do that.
And when I try to run an executable nothing ...
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Library missing for executable file
There's an executable I downloaded onto my Ubuntu 10.04 and I can't run because it's missing a library. I have also tried compiling the source with CMake. This is my Terminal output:
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Recovering from messed up binfmts configuration
All I'm trying to do is getting a manually installed mono (to /opt/mono-2.10) to run CLI executables without having to specify the interpreter explicitly. Wine is not installed.
Ubuntu 10.10. No mono ...
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Make .sh file as application/x-executable file
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?
