Thank you for your reply :-)
Now after I shutdown the PC and started it again the problem has been solved,
what I like to know is this now:
If I download software that uses perl, is there a command that tells the system
that in /usr/bin is a new executable ?
Thanks :-)
Troy Denkinger wrote:
> On Wednesday 05 September 2001 17:26, Linux User wrote:
> > One software package I downloaded is supposed to start with a perl
> > script, but it doesn't.
> >
> > I created the necessary config file for the program made it executable,
> > and copied it into /usr/bin
>
> > yet when I invoke the program it will not start,
> >
> > I get the message no such file in /usr/bin even though I put it there
>
> What is the actual error message you're getting? I'm betting that's not it.
>
> Is the config file the Perl script? That was just unclear to me. If so, cd
> to /usr/bin and try running the with a "./" (that's a dot and a slash) before
> the script name.
>
> What is the first line of the script? It should start #! and probably
> contains a path, eg #!/usr/bin/perl or similar. Is that the path to the Perl
> interpreter? If you don't know, type "which perl" at a console prompt to
> find out.
>
> If all else fails, try invoking the interpreter directly:
>
> perl ./config.pl
>
> Good luck.
>
> Regards,
>
> Troy
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