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From: odie 
Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.ubuntu
Subject: Re: How can I run a program I wrote?
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 12:41:28 +0100
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David schreef:
> On Tue, 27 Feb 2007 10:39:28 +0100, Hadron wrote:
> 
>> David  writes:
>>
>>> I wrote a simple hello world program using Gambas but can't run it from my
>>> home directory. I get this error:
>>>
>>> Cannot open /home/dgk/New directory/HelloWorld/HelloWorld: No application
>>> suitable for automatic installation is available for handling this kind of
>>> file.
>>>
>>> I checked the permissions and I have read/write, and "allow executing
>>> file as program" is checked.
>>>
>>> Thanks. I have managed to get Pan running which is a victory.
>> It looks like it is running and the error code comes from it or its
>> startup libraries. But you would be better off asking in a gambas forum
>> I would think.
>>
>> How did you run it? Command line. The error message is useless without
>> the other information.
> 
> I just doubleclick on it in the home directory, it's a gui app. I just
> tried getting there through terminal and found it (just HelloWorld with
> no file extension using ls -l) and typed HelloWorld at the command prompt
> but got something like No Such Command. Maybe I have to do something else
> in Linux to execute a program? In old RMS days we need to type Run or
> something as I recall. It's been a while. I'll check my Linux for Dummies
> in 24 Hours or whatever I have when I get to work. We use Linux (RedHat)
> for some of our servers so I needed to know some basic commands.
> 
try: ./HelloWorld from the directory where it is placed or try the whole 
path as a command: /home/dgk/New directory/HelloWorld/HelloWorld
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