On Tue, 24 Jul 2012, Talha Yalta wrote:

> I have just installed Mint 13 KDE on a new machine but I cannot start
> gretl after compling into to the /opt/gretl directory.
>
> I use the "./configure --prefix=/opt/gretl --without-gnome" command
> and all installation steps are seemingly OK. After the installation, I
> run:
> cd /usr/bin
> sudo ln -s /opt/gretl/bin/gretl
>     and then open:
> /etc/ld.so.conf
>     and add:
> /opt/gretl/lib
>     save and run:
> sudo /sbin/ldconfig
>
> When I type "gretl", I get the message that gretl is not installed and
> can be installed by running sudo apt-get install gretl. This is
> strange since the above procedure has always worked for me on a
> variety of machines and distros.

Yes, it's strange. What do these commands show?

ls -al /opt/gretl/bin
which gretl
ldd /opt/gretl/bin/gretl_x11

Allin Cottrell

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