1. Linux Caludra 1.41 Question{help}
Hi
I have a version on my computer of linux it is from caludra (I hope I
spelled that right) ok here is the problem I installed the linux version
of EUPHORIA on it it is in my /home dir and I added the Path and Endur
thing too and Then added the export thing too,but when I try to run exu
with a program I get nothing the cusor leaves for a second then I am
back at the prompt,I have tried to install 2 times downloaded 3 times
tried renameing it to euphor22.tar.gz,but that did not work the I tried
moving it to my /bin dir that did nothing so any Ideas.Thanks for the
help.
David
2. Re: Linux Caludra 1.41 Question{help}
- Posted by irvm at ellijay.com
Jul 18, 2001
On Wednesday 18 July 2001 10:26, pmosley at infoway.lib.nm.us wrote:
> Hi
> I have a version on my computer of linux it is from caludra (I hope I
> spelled that right) ok here is the problem I installed the linux version
> of EUPHORIA on it it is in my /home dir and I added the Path and Endur
> thing too and Then added the export thing too,but when I try to run exu
> with a program I get nothing the cusor leaves for a second then I am
> back at the prompt,I have tried to install 2 times downloaded 3 times
> tried renameing it to euphor22.tar.gz,but that did not work the I tried
> moving it to my /bin dir that did nothing so any Ideas.Thanks for the
> help.
Hi:
I'm betting it's Caldera ;)
When you say you put Euphoria in your /home directory,
do you mean your /home/david directory? You, as a user, probably don't have
permission to use the /home directory.
You *are* running this as a user, not as root, right?
If you are trying to run it as 'root', then it's not going to work.
Regards,
Irv
3. Re: Linux Caludra 1.41 Question{help}
- Posted by irvm at ellijay.com
Jul 18, 2001
On Wednesday 18 July 2001 11:55, pmosley at infoway.lib.nm.us wrote:
> Hi Irv
> I tried to run it as root and as david but no luck.I am new to linux and
> I am trying to learn it at the same time,I did have a red hat 6.22 at
> one time and still do,but it does not like my CD_ROM it is a panasonic
> CR-563 I use the sbpcd.o moudle but read hat does not have that one that
> will work with my cd-rom I download the one that will work and will try
> to get red hat to see it.
It's just plain bad luck to run stuff as root. Beyond that, it's harder.
Normally, if you have a file, say, hello.exu in your /home/<user> directory,
and you log in as 'root', when you try to run 'exu hello', you'll get an
error 'bash: exu: command not found'. Do an 'echo $PATH', and you'll see
that 'root' doesn't have euphoria/bin in his path. You can run it by typing
the full path, i.e.:/home/irv/euphoria/bin/exu hello
Here are a few things to check. Do them all while logged in as a normal
user: (replace my name with your user name)
> echo $PATH
/home/irv/euphoria/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/games
The full path to Euphoria should be somewhere near the front of this list.
BTW, the euphoria subdirectory should be under your /home/<user> directory,
and should have been created by <user> not by root. I wouldn't try putting
it anywhere else.
ls -l should show you as owner of /euphoria
ls -l euphoria should show you as owner of all subdirectories under /euphoria
ls -l euphoria/bin/exu should show you as owner of exu
with permissions of -rwxr-xr-x
> echo $EUDIR
/home/irv/euphoria
> exu
Euphoria 2.2 Complete Edition (beta release) for Linux.
Copyright (c) Rapid Deployment Software 1999
This Complete Edition of Euphoria is a licensed
product of Rapid Deployment Software and may
not be redistributed, except with the written
permission of Rapid Deployment Software.
file name to execute?
Let me know how far down the list you get, and what error messages
appear.
Regards,
Irv
4. Re: Linux Caludra 1.41 Question{help}
- Posted by irvm at ellijay.com
Jul 18, 2001
On Wednesday 18 July 2001 10:26, pmosley at infoway.lib.nm.us wrote:
> Hi
> I have a version on my computer of linux it is from caludra (I hope I
> spelled that right) ok here is the problem I installed the linux version
> of EUPHORIA on it it is in my /home dir and I added the Path and Endur
> thing too and Then added the export thing too,but when I try to run exu
> with a program I get nothing the cusor leaves for a second then I am
> back at the prompt,I have tried to install 2 times downloaded 3 times
> tried renameing it to euphor22.tar.gz,but that did not work the I tried
> moving it to my /bin dir that did nothing so any Ideas.Thanks for the
> help.
Reading this again, I need to ask: what program did you use to unpack the
downloaded file?
Regards,
Irv
5. Re: Linux Caludra 1.41 Question{help}
- Posted by irvm at ellijay.com
Jul 18, 2001
On Wednesday 18 July 2001 16:31, pmosley at infoway.lib.nm.us wrote:
<snip>
> Ok I think I found problem 1
> I installed it as root Can you do that?
> I tried to install it as dave but could not write to the profile file
> the path and eudir things.I could only do it as root
You can certainly install Euphoria as a user, and you should. Otherwise,
the files will belong to 'root' and users won't be able to get to them.
The .bashrc file is the one in *your* home directory, and you should be
able to edit this with any editor. I suggest you add the following lines to
the bottom of .bashrc (the dot means it's a hidden file, to see it in a
directory listing, type ls -a
# The following are for Euphoria:
EUDIR=/home/david/euphoria
PATH=/home/david/euphoria/bin:$PATH
export EUDIR PATH
# Change the font so ms-dos line drawing characters will be used
# for Dave's EE edior:
echo -e "\\033(U"
<snip>
> > ls -l euphoria/bin/exu should show you as owner of exu
> > with permissions of -rwxr-xr-x
>
> This has this drwxr-xr-x
If euphoria/bin/exu has the permissions of d...... that means it's a
directory, not a file. Can't run a directory.
> Thanks for the help,I think that some how it got me into a group I do
> not know if this is ok or not and if so how do I get out.
> Thanks
You got to be in a group, more than one, usually. You probably want to
be in the group users. All of that should have been set up automatically
when you (as root) did a useradd. If things are really screwed up, you can
create a *new* user, dave, for example, and get a fresh start.
Regards,
Irv
