Hi.

After i unArk a program and click on the executable i get the error.

Couldn't find the program '.................'

Why can't it find what i just clicked on?
I have tried this on different executables same problem.
If I unArk a file in a different distro and then copy it to my main distro it works. Weird!
I think it must be a permission problem or something.
I tried searching for the answer first but couldn't find one.

I run
Yoper OS
amd 1.33 Ghz
512 Mb ram
etc..........

whats unArk?

Could you explain more clearly.

sorry.

archiver (ark)

to uncompress the tarball to a folder.

sorry.
thats my windowz unzip lingo creaping in.
old habbits die hard i guess.

What program?

Are you untarring (thats the term ) a binary, or source? Most likely its source.

If its source, you have to compile it first.

to untar something:

tar -xvzf foo.tar.gz

what happens when you try that?

I do that to untar.
and still the same.
the files i tried so far are

mozilla-firebird
panelshadesmanager

both are executables (binaries) and do not need
./configure
make
make install

I still think it's a permission problem.
the executables have me as the user
and users as the group but still won't work.

please help!!!!
thanks

describe step by step what you do.

And tell us the EXACT error, you havent done that yet.

this link
http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php?content=7396
says
Installing note:
-----------------------------
You don't need to do any installation. Just uncompress to any directory you want and directly run the binary "panelshadesmanager". It doesn't create any file anywhere.

I untar it.
click the binary
and get
Couldn't find the program 'panelshadesmanager'

it can't find the file i just clicked on
??????????

tried as root. same error.
so not a permission problem.

"clicked on"? Did you try executing the binary in a console:

./foo

try:

tar -xvzf program.tar.gz
cd program
./program

in terminal says

jaws75@localhost panelshadesmanager-0.4.4 $ ./panelshadesmanager
./panelshadesmanager: error while loading shared libraries: libqt-mt.so.3: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
jaws75@localhost panelshadesmanager-0.4.4 $

the file is there.

also
if i use mozilla-firebird in debian it works perfect.
i try the exact same thing in my current distro and i get the same error as above.

You're using Yoper?

libqt-mt.so.3 is part of QT3. Do you have that installed? Do you have the -devel version installed if their is one?

Have you ran "ldconfig"?

If you have, do(as root):

updatedb
[database updated]
locate libqt-mt.so

and then post what shows up. A few symlinks may be broken.

yes i use yoper v1.1

root@localhost jaws75 # ldconfig
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libdivxencore.so is too small, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libdivxencore.so.0 is too small, not checked.

root@localhost jaws75 # emerge search qt
Searching...
[ Results for search key : qt ]
[ Applications found : 17 ]

x11-libs/qt
Latest version available: 3.1.2-r4
Latest version installed: 3.1.1
Size of downloaded files: 13,045 kB
Homepage: http://www.trolltech.com/
Description: QT version 3.1.2

root@localhost jaws75 # updatedb
root@localhost jaws75 # locate libqt-mt.so
/usr/local/qt/lib/libqt-mt.so
/usr/local/qt/lib/libqt-mt.so.3
/usr/local/qt/lib/libqt-mt.so.3.1
/usr/local/qt/lib/libqt-mt.so.3.1.1
/usr/local/qt/lib/libqt-mt.so.3.1.2
root@localhost jaws75 #

a -devel version did not show up in the list

thanks for your help so far!
i thought this question would have a simple answer.
i was wrong.

ok.
mozilla firebird now works!!!!
but panelshadesmanager does not
maybe it is broken?
i think i will give up on the idea all togeather.

I had this problem too. I found the solution in another forum. Open a shell and prefix the script filename with ./