I'm confused about running programs

nonoitall · 03-05-2005, 05:10 PM

Have been using Windows (XP) for quite some time and have switched over to mainly using Mandrake 10.1 and am having some newbish problems. How exactly do I launch an executable that's not on the application menu? I'm used to just double-clicking the file in a file browser, but that doesn't do anything. Attempting to open it from the console (yes, I'm positive I have the right path) prints out something along the lines of:

Code:

bash: yourProgram: command not found

I'm sure there's a simple explanation, but it's making things difficult for a

. Thanks for the help.

XavierP · 03-05-2005, 05:37 PM

Which program?

nonoitall · 03-05-2005, 06:05 PM

I guess I kinda solved it. I was used to being able to 'cd' until I got to the directory where the executable was located and then just type in the name of the executable (like in a DOS prompt). Didn't realize I needed to type out the whole path even when I was in the same directory as the executable. Thanks anyway!

mjjzf · 03-05-2005, 06:07 PM

If you are in the same directory, you can type

Code:

./filename

- that'll launch the program.

nonoitall · 03-06-2005, 08:03 PM

Thanks! That answered a lot of questions.