Install executables in bin folder

[fweth]

Hi there! I want to install an executeable and I am not sure how to do this. My intuition was to copy the executeable in the /usr/bin folder, but when I call it now, it says permission denied (and obviously I don't want to call the program with sudo every time). What did I do wrong?

Thanks, fweth

[ptkobe]

You could have created a softlink ($ sudo ln -s ...)

Why do you think you have to use sudo now? That is the question you may want to answer to yourself.
Does the output of
$ ls -ld /usr/bin
helps?

Check file permissions, see chown, chmod and ln commands (man or on the internet). Using sudo as a purpose, and you might want to have to use it every time (why?).

Hope it helps... a little. I'm guessing your are not a console fan, right? Or not true?
About "what did I do wrong?". First, what did you do, how did you copy it?
Regards
Luis

[fweth]

Thanks for the quick reply! chmod was the hint, I have changed the permissions of the file and now everything works fine. I am quite a newbie to Linux so I didn't know this essential command :/

Regards, fweth

[ptkobe]

Glad it helped. Welcome to linux forums.
Best regards

EDIT: It's debatable, but, in some cases, the ln command may be a better solution (with the -s option).