Can't run an executable file...

[enigma82]

I have figured out the make command to compile a program. Now i'm having trouble running the executable file. I double click the icon, nothing happens. I right click and select "run in another window" and it brings up a blank window, but no activity. I'm obviously missing something. How do I make this program work?
Thanks.

[Dapper Dan]

What is the name of the program? Have you tired starting it from the command line? Also, you say you know how to run "make." Did you also run after that, "make install?"

[enigma82]

Yep, i ran "make install" also. Which command would I use to run the executable from the command line? As you can tell i'm a complete noob to this so any help would be greatly appreciated. The program name is Ayam.

[Dapper Dan]

Open a terminal and as regular user type in...

ayam

and press enter. Try that first. If no joy, become su and type in:

updatedb

When it finishes, type in:

locate ayam

and post the output here please.

[enigma82]

When I typed ayam it responded with '/bin/bash: ayam: command not found'

I used updatedb, it seemed to work.

The locate ayam command ran a result about 10 pages long. It had no error messages that I could see. As far as I can tell i'm trying to execute the command in the right folder, as I am physically in the window and open Tools, Execute Shell Command. Then I typed in ayam and got the error message.

Any advice from here, or should I stick to Vista and my iMac? lol

[enigma82]

Or could this possibly just be a problem with the program itself?

[Dapper Dan]

In the file that you untarred... enter it and run:

sh ayaml

I looked at their site and there's god aweful little on how to install. Most apps will at minimum provide an INSTALL file that explains exactly how to install the program... Some of these folks who might take their time to build a mod or Linux version will completely ignore any instruction for us on how to build their program. I guess they (wrongly) assume we will just know. After all, we're Linux users and are used to trying to figure out things like installation with no documentation... lol.

[enigma82]

Ah well, i'll try that command and if it fails i'll try another program. I tried following what they said in the install information and it didn't tell me much at all. Thanks for your help.

[hardwhere]

perhaps all you need to do is enter:

./ayam

to run the executable from terminal.