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Old 06-04-2007, 10:44 AM   #1
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install.sh cannot be found

When I go to execute the install.sh file in my directory it comes up with

linux:/usr/local/bin/pidgin-2.0.1 # install.sh
bash: install.sh: command not found


...??????
 
Old 06-04-2007, 10:52 AM   #2
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how about executing it with a preceding ./ ? i.e. ./install.sh
 
Old 06-04-2007, 10:58 AM   #3
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linux:/usr/local/bin/pidgin-2.0.1 # sh ./install-sh
./install-sh: no input file specified.
 
Old 06-04-2007, 12:01 PM   #4
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it keeps saying that the file could not be found and I don't know what else to be coding in. I have just been doing the ./install-sh command
 
Old 06-04-2007, 12:15 PM   #5
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Is it install.sh or install-sh ??
 
Old 06-04-2007, 02:41 PM   #6
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its install-sh
 
Old 06-04-2007, 03:27 PM   #7
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tried ./install-sh --help
????
might be a little useful hint to also read README or INSTALL files!
 
  


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