Cannot run install sh scripts, and bash is FUBAR...what to do?

asdfjkl · 11-20-2004, 10:23 AM

Exactly that. I cannot run installation shell scripts...Why? I've tried to install both OpenOffice and Java, and cannot seem to run them...Here's what the OOo install says:

Code:

bash-2.05b# ./install
bash: ./install: /bin/sh: bad interpreter: Permission denied

And, running a normal shell script:

Code:

bash-2.05b# ./blah
bash: ./blah: /bin/sh: bad interpreter: Permission denied

Also, as I said, Bash is all screwy (bash2.05b), and I'd like it to display the current folder, or something similar if possible...Is there something wrong with my bash install? Normal programs run fine (e.g. $ firefox), but not when I use ./-something-.

The_JinJ · 11-20-2004, 10:59 AM

Have you tried doing a chmod +x to the file your tring to run?
Is there symlink set from /bin/sh to /bin/bash? Either should have exec bit set anyway and my be worth checking.

asdfjkl · 11-20-2004, 05:49 PM

Didn't work, the symlink was set, and even when i reset it from bash to /bin/bash it still didn't work.

The_JinJ · 11-20-2004, 06:06 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by asdfjkl;
Didn't work, the symlink was set, and even when i reset it from bash to /bin/bash it still didn't work.

Does /bin/bash have the exec bit set?
Maybe this may be of interest http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue52/okopnik.html

Good Luck!

asdfjkl · 11-20-2004, 08:44 PM

...That article didn't help much...and /bin/bash was set to exec. Thanks anyways.

I tried it in different shells (bash,ksh,sh). They all say something like permission denied; therefore, it's not a problem with bash. But, if I execute a normal program with the ./ prefix-command-thing, e.g. gimp, firefox, whatever is in /usr/bin, /bin, /sbin, etc it runs just fine. Perhaps my permissions are not being set correctly, for the files I "created" (not from the install)?

asdfjkl · 11-20-2004, 09:09 PM

Oh, and does it make a difference that I have _no_ bashrc? I mean, absolutely none...the file /etc/bashrc is there, but it does not contain anything.