* rajput g v be comp 56 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > hi, > can anybody tell me how to run an exe file on linux . > in window's u just type the name of the exe file ,then it get's > executed. but on linux it gives "command not found". If you are talking about an "exe" file as being a DOS or Windows executable binary, as in calc.exe, then you will need to install/configure a Windows or DOS emulator. [1] However, if you are talking about running normal Linux executable binaries, I think I know what your problem could be. One of the differences between Linux and DOS/Windows is that by default Linux will _not_ search the current directory to find the binary you want to execute. Linux will only search directories that are mentioned in the path variable. [2] So, if you want to run binary xyz which is in directory /usr/local/abc and /usr/local/abc isn't in your path you have to supply the full path to the binary, like... /usr/local/abc/xyz RET or, if you are in /usr/local/abc, you would do... ./xyz RET [3] =========================== Want to really learn Linux? ... Install Slackware =========================== Footnotes: [1] Check <http://www.freshmeat.net/> for wine (WINdows Emulator) and DOSemu (DOS Emulator) [2] To find out what directories are in your path... echo $PATH RET [3] ./ means current directory -- |---<Regards, Steve Youngs>-------------------------------------| | Failures are divided into two classes - those who thought and | | never did, and those who did and never thought. | |------------------------------------<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>---| - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
