[lug] Executing programs

[Ken Weinert]

A common problem when starting out.

For security reasons most people do not have the current directory in
their PATH variable, thus, while it is easy for you to look and say
"Hey, the program is right here!" the computer can't find it.

Therefor you need to tell it where to find the program. You would do 
that by typing ./executable (for example, ./acroread).

* KELLEY SCOTT T (kelleys at ucsu.Colorado.EDU) [000320 03:35]:
> 
> I was wondering if a kind guru might enlighten me. I have been trying to
> get some programs, including Acrobat reader, to work on a linux box and a
> Sun machine. The tarballs unzip and 'untar' just fine, but when I
> go to execute them, I get the message "command not found" even though I am
> in the same directory as the executable. I've checked the modes and it
> should be executable. I've even tried changing the modes 'chmod +x ___' to
> no avail. 
> 
> Does anyone out there have a suggestion about what might be wrong, or what
> I might not be doing? Thanks in advance for any help you can pass my way.
> -Scott
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