As I understand it the way this should be set up is: create a directory /usr/share/myappname
put all the resources of the script app there ln -s /usr/share/myappname/myappname /usr/bin/myappname Stuart -- Stuart Ward M +44 7782325143 On 23 April 2014 10:39, Gareth France <gareth.fra...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 23/04/14 10:36, Alan Pope wrote: > >> On 23 April 2014 10:31, Gareth France <gareth.fra...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> On 23/04/14 10:27, Alan Lord wrote: >>> >>>> So does anyone have any ideas about packaging up this script? I now have >>>>> information about how to package it for submission but I still need a >>>>> way to run the program from the command line without calling perl. >>>>> >>>> >>>> If your script is executable and has the right "shebang" at the start >>>> you >>>> will not need to call perl. >>>> >>>> >>>> Al >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> The script is called seaward.pl, I want it to be run by simply typing >>> seaward. How do I achieve this? >>> >>> Make sure it's got the executable bit set, rename it seaward and make >> sure the first line is:- >> >> #!/usr/bin/env perl >> >> Put the file in your path and you're done. >> >> Cheers, >> Al. >> >> Thanks, I believe I have that set up already. Rename it is. > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >
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