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Newbie. I am trying to install BeautifulSoup4. There is a shell script "convert-py3k" to run, to convert to Python 3 version. It has an executable permission but, neither double clicking nor, running it from the command line works. Says file not found. What am I not getting?
I tried it with a sudo and got the same results.
Running an executable file that exists in the same directory you are in, requires the use of ./ in the beginning of the filename. In this case, the correct sytax to use in the terminal is:
./convert-py3k + Enter
There should be NO spaces between ./ and the filename.
You have not defined the path variable in any of .profile or .bashrc file.
use ./ at the beginning of the file name without space as described in first answer. Or you can also run your script without ./ and from any directory.
For that, you'll have to add PATH variable in .profile.
Best way is to make a directory and keep all your scripts in it and define the path of that directory to PATH variable in your .profile file.
You will be able to run all your scripts in this directory from any other directory and without using ./.
