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Dahaka14

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Registered: 2011-03-29

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[SOLVED] Running Commands from Command Line

Hi, I am brand new to Arch Linux. I am somewhat familiar with using the terminal and running commands from the terminal, but I can't seem to figure out why I am having trouble running executables from the terminal in my new Arch Linux system. For instance, I am trying to use the executable "xflux" like I have in other Linux systems. I enter the directory that it is in, and run xflux and get:

[user@myhost ~]$ xflux
bash: /usr/bin/xflux: No such file or directory

But I clearly put the executable in the /usr/bin directory:

[user@myhost ~]$ which xflux
/usr/bin/xflux

This has been happening with other executables as well, even when I try to run it with the executable in the same directory that I am in.
I honestly spent a lot of time trying to find an answer to the question. To me it would seem that I just don't have enough knowledge of using bash and terminal to know what I am doing wrong. Could someone please help me, or point to where I can learn how to fix this?

Last edited by Dahaka14 (2011-03-29 14:34:42)

Awebb

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Registered: 2010-05-06

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Re: [SOLVED] Running Commands from Command Line

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starfry

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From: Surrey, UK

Registered: 2010-08-18

Posts: 230

Re: [SOLVED] Running Commands from Command Line

Is xflux executable?

(do "ls -l `which xflux`" and check that it has enough executable permissions for your user.) Have you tried entering the absolute path (i.e. "/usr/bin/xflux") ?

What is it?

(do "file `which xflux`").

If it is a script then another problem may be that the script is looking for its interpreter in the wrong place. Check the top line. It'll be something like "#!/bin/sh". Whatever is on that line is the program that executes the script. Check that exists too (e.g. to check my example I might do ls -l /bin/sh").

Hope this helps you.

bernarcher

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From: Germany

Registered: 2009-02-17

Posts: 2,281

Re: [SOLVED] Running Commands from Command Line

How did you install xflux?

There is a xflux package in the AUR which apparently depends on some other lib32-package when installed on a 64-bit system. So, if you took the xflux executable from another system it might possibly not run in your Arch environment.

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Dahaka14

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Registered: 2011-03-29

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Re: [SOLVED] Running Commands from Command Line

Thank  you for taking the time to reply.

I did not notice that it required lib-32 packages since I have only run xflux on 32-bit Linux systems. Usually on other systems it would tell me which packages I am missing, but I have learned my lesson to check all package dependencies even if it does not specify.

Just in case someone in the future runs into the same problem, here is how I added the required 32-bit libraries:

[user@myhost ~]$ sudo pacman -S lib32-libxxf86vm lib32-libstdc++5

Thanks for the help.

perbh

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From: Republic of Texas

Registered: 2005-03-04

Posts: 765

Re: [SOLVED] Running Commands from Command Line

@Dahaka14
That was absolutely beautifully done!
First a question and then a reminder to anyone else having the same problem! (and I'm not trying to be sarcastic).
It should be a template for any new poster!