I have seen something similar to this before -- you are missing a library that it requires to run. Try ldd hello to see what libraries it requires.
On Sun, Sep 05, 1999 at 09:13:00PM -0700, Wendell Buckner wrote: > I was playing around with GNU C before I getting ready to load GNU C++, and > decided to write a simple c program (The standard hello world app). I was > doing this to make sure that GNU C was working properly. I compiled the > application as follows: > > gcc -v hello.c -o hello > > I thought this would be a simple process but it seems I am missing something > trivial. I attempt to run the program after compiling and bash says: > > bash :hello :command not found > > HUH? I know there is a simple explaination for this, but I can't seem to > find it. I do a ls -l to check rights and everthing seems o.k. The file > also appears to be an executable. I've even tried to run it as the supervsr > (su) as well but no dice. Any ideas? > > -Wxb1 > > -- Seth Arnold | http://www.willamette.edu/~sarnold/ Hate spam? See http://maps.vix.com/rbl/ for help Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread!