Hi im kinda new to both linux and C++ but iv been getting along nicely i can program basic programs and run them under my GUI (Which is fedora's eclipse or KDE) and all is good. But when trying to execute the binaries well nothing happens i can click them all day long and nothing happens no errors, no warnings as if i am not even clicking nething at all. (this is for the binaries compiled from both Eclipse and KDE)

I thought maybe its something i hadnt done but under a Windows OS using Dev i make the same program >> build >> and it loads fine under the operating system.

Please help

Oh and i have tried reinstalling Linux

Have you tried launching them from the command line to see if you get any output there?

Has the execution bit of your binary been set?

Guess I'll throw out a wild guess, too. Are you trying to execute from perhaps a flash drive mounted by someone other than root? If so, the "noexec" option is implied and nothing can be executed from that location. My money is actually with the terminal comment, but now you have a multiple-choice question.
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Hi thank you all for your fast response sorry mine was delayed. Right the execute hadnt been enabled cause i was being a nub and thought it was but now i have another problem (yay). Linux doest know the file type and cant run it, so i did a bit of research and managed to run "file jam" (jam is my files name) in the terminal to get


Because some said this helps you find out what type of file you have and what to run it. I have tried looking around the net and still unable to find anything about it.
Any help would be loved

Jam needs glibc installed. Do you have that?

You'd probably be better off trying to use yum to install jam (yum install jam). it will resolve any dependency issues for you.

Otherwise, just try

yum install glibc

Edit - did I totally misread your post? What are you trying to do? Note that in *nix, file extensions are just part of the name, they don't actually mean anything like they do in Windows where .exe, .com, .bin have quite specific meanings. If you want to use jam, look at the jam site http://www.perforce.com/jam/jam.html

I assumed "jam" was the OP's own program, in which case, you should just be able to run "./jam", since the current directory is likely not in your PATH.

thank you so much billymayday it is 100% resolved. Thanks for everyone elses help also, its amazing how much nicer linux users are compared to the usual MS kids throwing noob at anyone who isnt a Genius.
Oh did i say thanks :P

So were you trying to use jam (as in perforce)?

Originally no, but i done what billymayday and yum installed jam and as soon as i typed ./jam in the directory where my binary was, BOOM "hello world!!!" it may only be the start but its all i wanted to run the binaries i have been making. I'm now only up to variables and strings but so far im finding this easy as the c++ structure is similar in some places to BASIC, I know basic sux in this day and age but i used to well love it when i was a kid.