newbie question : why won't some programs execute ?

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From: Paul Clyne
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1998 00:00

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Hi, Me again...

	I had this problem in RH5.1 and thinking it was an install problem 
(and I'm not saying that it isn't) I reinstalled (and took the 
opportunity to upgrade to RH5.2).

	I was reading the APC pocketbook and found mention of the fortune 
program.  "Neato" I thought, I'll give it a try.

	I found the program in the /usr/games directory so popped over 
there and tried to execute.  I get the response "bash: fortune: command 
not found".

	Thinking it was a rights problem I logged in as root and tried 
again.  Same error message.  The rights on the file are -rwxr-xr-x.

	I tried on some of the other files in this directory and get the 
same sort of error messages.  I went up on level to see what the rights 
were on this directory and they were the same as the the individual 
files.

	What am I doing wrong ?.  Please help..

	Please also send your responses to my mail (pclyne@idx.com.au) as 
I want to ensure I don't miss the reply

	Thanks in advance.

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