Re: [SLUG] Newbie -> Can't execute anything I've downloaded

[Keith Hopkins <hne@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Josh Shone wrote:
> Hello, first e-mail:
>
> Trying to get Firefox 1.5 and Frostwire on to my Kubuntu 5.10 install. 
> Firefox comes in a tar.gz, Frostwire in a .deb package.
>
> Firefox:
> I un-tar Firefox, and it apparently should run straight out of the 
> folder, but nothing in there will run. Permissions on everything says 
> it's owned by me (not root) with read and write, and Is Executable. 
> There's no installers that i can see in the folder. Got it straight 
> from getfirefox.com because Adept only has firefox 1.0.7. I had 
> mandrake 9.2 on and did the same thing, ran firefox fine.
I'd suggest that the firefox binary is not found in the PATH, and you 
are not giving the full path name for the executable.

Try running it from konsole with the full path name include, something 
like /usr/local/firefox/firefox

> Frostwire:
> Downloaded it from frostwire.com with the Debian/Ubuntu link, I 
> right-click on the .deb and go to "Kubuntu Package Manager" -> 
> "Install Package". Does it's thing. Frostwire is now in my K Menu, but 
> when I go to open it, it loads  for a bit, then nothing. Disappears. 
> Permissions on anything to do with Frostwire (with a search) is owned 
> by root, owner can read and write, I can only read and is executable. 
> (I don't know how to log is as root to adjust these permissions, can't 
> do it when logging in and I'm having trouble logging in from a 
> terminal << I don't know if that can help...)

Try running it from konsole, and see if it is generating any error (Seg 
Fault, missing libs, etc).

--
Keith