Simple, basic Linux question - how do I simply run a program?

[Jeff7]

Using Knoppix to try to stress test a hard-driveless laptop. Downloaded the Linux version of Prime95, and extracted what I believe to be the executable file in the tar.gz file. So how do I get it to do anything now? Clicking on the file does nothing. Open With makes it ask for a program to open the file with. How do I just flat out run the program?

 

[wkinney]

open terminal, cd to its location, tar -zxvf the .tar.gz file, 'more' the readme.
type ./<nameofexecfile>

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: wkinney
open terminal, cd to its location, tar -zxvf the .tar.gz file, 'more' the readme.
type ./<nameofexecfile>

The readme's instructions for "run the file" are just that - decompress the archive (did that, with that tar -zxvf command), and then it says "Run the mprime executable.
I typed this in:
./mprime
It says "Error while loading shared libraries."


Edit: Ok, with that in mind, I tried the "statically linked" download file. Now it's working.
Isn't there a way of just running an executable through the GUI?

 

[bersl2]

Originally posted by: Jeff7
Edit: Ok, with that in mind, I tried the "statically linked" download file. Now it's working.
Isn't there a way of just running an executable through the GUI?

If it's a console app, it's pointless to run it from a file manager.

 

[Nothinman]

./mprime
It says "Error while loading shared libraries."

You don't have all of the dependencies for it.

Isn't there a way of just running an executable through the GUI?

Don't know about Konquerer but Nautilus just seems to do nothing when I tell it to 'open' a console app.

 

[niomosy]

Originally posted by: Jeff7

Originally posted by: wkinney
open terminal, cd to its location, tar -zxvf the .tar.gz file, 'more' the readme.
type ./<nameofexecfile>

The readme's instructions for "run the file" are just that - decompress the archive (did that, with that tar -zxvf command), and then it says "Run the mprime executable.
I typed this in:
./mprime
It says "Error while loading shared libraries."


Edit: Ok, with that in mind, I tried the "statically linked" download file. Now it's working.
Isn't there a way of just running an executable through the GUI?

You're missing a library or libraries. You may see if there's any particular library requirements on there.