File system cannot see Golly executable
File system cannot see Golly executable
I'm running Trisquel 7.0 (a Linux OS based on Ubuntu). I've unzipped the Golly 2.7 executable and I try to run it, but every time the file system cannot see the executable despite it being in plain sight!
What in the world is wrong here? (Golly v2.5, being in my repository, works normally.)Princess of Science, Parcly Taxel
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x = 31, y = 5, rule = B2-a/S12
3bo23bo$2obo4bo13bo4bob2o$3bo4bo13bo4bo$2bo4bobo11bobo4bo$2bo25bo!
Re: File system cannot see Golly executable
Perhaps the file permissions are wrong? Run ls -al from that working directory and see whether it locates Golly (and, if so, whether you have read and execute permissions).
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Re: File system cannot see Golly executable
ls does show that I have RWX permissions, yet Bash still cannot locate the file.
Princess of Science, Parcly Taxel
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x = 31, y = 5, rule = B2-a/S12
3bo23bo$2obo4bo13bo4bob2o$3bo4bo13bo4bo$2bo4bobo11bobo4bo$2bo25bo!
Re: File system cannot see Golly executable
Very odd! I've got no idea what might be wrong (I don't spend much time on Linux).Freywa wrote:ls does show that I have RWX permissions, yet Bash still cannot locate the file.
Can you run bgolly (type "./bgolly")? Can you open ReadMe.html?
Re: File system cannot see Golly executable
Well I can't open bgolly either, but I can open the read-me file just fine. The problem only affects the two executables. Other executables (including apgnano, which I compiled myself) work just fine.
In the meantime I'm fine with v2.5 (the version provided by my repository).
In the meantime I'm fine with v2.5 (the version provided by my repository).
Princess of Science, Parcly Taxel
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x = 31, y = 5, rule = B2-a/S12
3bo23bo$2obo4bo13bo4bob2o$3bo4bo13bo4bo$2bo4bobo11bobo4bo$2bo25bo!
Re: File system cannot see Golly executable
OK, I managed to compile and install Golly from source. I accidentally installed the necessary packages while trying to install matplotlib and, what do you know, that was the piece of the puzzle I needed.
Princess of Science, Parcly Taxel
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x = 31, y = 5, rule = B2-a/S12
3bo23bo$2obo4bo13bo4bob2o$3bo4bo13bo4bo$2bo4bobo11bobo4bo$2bo25bo!
Re: File system cannot see Golly executable
An old thread I know, but sometimes file names are not what they seem.
What you should have tried is ./g<now hit TAB> - doing that bash will give you file name options it finds starting with 'g'.
Nick
What you should have tried is ./g<now hit TAB> - doing that bash will give you file name options it finds starting with 'g'.
Nick
Re: File system cannot see Golly executable
Huh. So Golly is supported as a package in repositories of some distros? Interesting.Freywa wrote:In the meantime I'm fine with v2.5 (the version provided by my repository).