[lug] Executing programs

[Wayde Allen]

On Mon, 20 Mar 2000, KELLEY SCOTT T wrote:

> 
> 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.

The problem is most likely that the current directory is not specified in
your path.  Try explicitely including the directory when executing the    
command by typing something like:

    ./acroread &


- Wayde
  (wallen at boulder.nist.gov)