[SOLVED] basics not working at fresh install

borgy95 · 12-03-2013, 02:04 PM

Hi

I've jsut enough linux experiance now to realise something is fishy but i can't find a fix. This is what i've noticed..

on a fresh install of the Debian 7.2
ifconfig c & iptables command cannot be found - I suspect the OS has installed without the tools.

So i go ahead and try apt-get install the stuff. aptget is present and has the following permissions:

Code:

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  194932 Jun  6 05:17 apt-get

but when i execute the command the following is output:

Code:

master@Vent:/usr/bin$ su root ./apt-get install gcc make
Password: 
./apt-get: ./apt-get: cannot execute binary file

This seems to be the strangest thing? The VM has literally been in existence no more than 1hr at time of writing.

Any ideas?

suicidaleggroll · 12-03-2013, 02:16 PM

That's not how you run commands as root.

Code:

$ su -
Password: 
# apt-get install gcc make

or

Code:

$ su root -c "apt-get install gcc make"

borgy95 · 12-03-2013, 02:23 PM

Guess i'm busted for always using root until now

Thanks!