When running the ./install script it seems to me that readlink works correctly, do you agree?
Running readlink at the command line and passing it $0 might result in the errors you are seeing depending on the value of $0. Please try printf '<%s>\n' "$0" readlink -f -- "$0" The pasting of your terminal session above is a bit corrupted; readlink's errors appear on the same line as your command. It helps us if we see precisely what you entered and saw in response. So for the above, I see $ printf '<%s>\n' "$0" </bin/bash> $ readlink -f -- "$0" /bin/bash $ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/999207 Title: what is the operative readlink command? To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/coreutils/+bug/999207/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs