🚀 go-pugleaf

Louis Hissink wrote:

> Shane Bearham wrote in message <36816D15.582A71FE@xtremetech.com.au>...
> >Brendan Crawford wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>         I just downloaded the WP8 free download (the big file), unzipped
> >> it and untarred it and the install program worked first go, problem is
> >> WordPerfect didn't. The install program said I should be able to go the
> >> the directory wpbin and run xwp,

try typing ./xwp
it worked fine for me with the trial version of  wp7 the ./ will allow commands
in present directory to be run

> but it just says command not found. I
> >> checked the permissions and the file was set to executable.
> >>         I am running RedHat 5.2 (from the apc Linux PocketBook) with
> libc5
> >> installed, it also has glibc installed. The only discrepancy that I can
> >> see is that on Corels web site, it says that you need 32 mb of swap space
> >> and I have 16mb, but I don't think that that should stop the program from
> >> running, should it?
> >>         Any help would be appreciated.
> >> Thanks
> >>
> >> Brendan
> >
> >Brendan ......
> >
> >It sounds like you don't have current directory set in the search path like
> >this
> >(example only )
> >
> >/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin::/bin:/usr/bin:.:
> >
> >notice the bit " .: " on the end.... if that is not added to your PATH
> >environment then
> >when you try to execute a program in the CURRENT directory...( which is
> >normal
> >NOT to have, particularly as a root environment as it  is safer) then
> unless
> >you are actually
> >in a directory that is present in the search path the effectively that
> >program doesn't exist.
> >
> >So when you try to execute a program in the current directory that is NOT
> in
> >your
> >search path then you must prepend it with " ./ " to force current
> >directory...
> >so try
> >            ./xwp
> >in the wpbin dir OR put in the full path ( as would be set in X windows )
> >eg
>
> This seems to be a common problem - but I can't really think of a simple
> solution using a USENET posting.  It is there in the supplied "books of
> instructions", but how many of us really really read them.