Questions tagged [executable]
The permission bit in a file mode that allows a file to be run as a program. Also, questions related the format of program files, and to locating and executing program files.
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Can you safely downgrade/upgrade/remove a package an executable of which is running by APT? [duplicate]
Suppose apt modifies or removes an executable, say a script file, of the package, while the executable is running. Can you rely the running executable will be intact so that the executable runs like ...
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Can't find executable file that is obviously present
I am trying to run the COMSOL license manager in Pop OS; however, when I try to run: $ ./lmgrd -c ../license.dat -l /var/tmp/comsol55.log I get the following error: bash: ./lmgrd: No such file or ...
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How can I achieve the "Run in Konsole" action using the Enter key on the keyboard?
When hitting enter (or double-clicking) an executable shell script (a ".sh" file, for instance), it would be nice if this would launch the script inside a console window. I am using the ...
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Prevent application from being executed by any local user except systemd
I need to run the binary that I don't fully trust. I've created a systemd unit for it where it's locked down as much as humanly possible, it works great. Now it's still on my system (Fedora) and I may ...
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zsh: command not found: yt-dlp
The standalone executable yt-dlp recommended for macOS suddenly stopped working. I used it two weeks ago and it worked. I have not had any updates to my system, expect some brew updates/upgrades. ...
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How can I run an executable and tell it to use my discrete NVIDIA GPU instead of the onboard one?
I have a laptop with both a discrete and an onboard graphics card. I want to run a Game executable file using the discrete GPU but instead it runs on the obnboard one. How can I run it with the ...
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access shell alias with dmenu
I have a collection of bash commands (one liners) that I use on a regular basis to open new shells or start programs with a given set of arguments. As I use dmenu, I'd like to be able to use those ...
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Can I configure parameters when launching flatpak apps from the GUI?
One of my Flatpak application stopped working properly, probably after a silent upgrade. I found a fix online that tells me to add a parameter. That fix works. Nonetheless, I like running that app ...
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Change behavior of bash script if executed from another script
I have a script (say Task.sh) (with executable permission): Pseducode: if [[ Not called from inside a script ]]; then echo 'Not called from inside a script' else echo 'Called from a script' fi I ...
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How to mark things I download automatically executable?
I spend a lot of time downloading things that I am going to execute, without a doubt, after having downloaded them. Out of the 900-ish files in my download folder right now, roughly a third is stuff ...
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How to disambiguate a second version of an installation from command-line?
I installed a tool called herd (http://diy.inria.fr/herd/). The original version of this I think is in the global path so I can call it from anywhere by writing herd7. Now I also have a second ...
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Cannot exceute binary: required file not found
I see that there are other questions like this out there, but the answers there did not work for me. I am using I downloaded the Julia 1.9.2 (Linux, x86-64, glibc) prebuilt binary and tried to execute ...
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Is it possible to verify a Windows EXE (PE file format) checksum under Linux?
Windows EXE files which are in the PE format have a header and it contains a checksum. Is it possible to verify it under Linux? Because I am looking for a Linux command I hope you understand that this ...
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What happened to a.out
I just started to wonder what ever happened to the original a.out binary file format and why it was superseded by ELF?
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"No such file or directory" when executable exists with relevant permissions [duplicate]
After installing n to manage node versions on my alpine vm, I am having the following issue where the node executable is not found, despite existing vscode ➜ /workspaces/tom $ which node -a /...
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