On Mon, 25 Feb 2002, Bob Stia wrote:
> No installation required. The whole file is perl. Only problem is
> that I cannot start the program. I have the proper version of perl
> and Tcl/Tk. How does one start the script?
There are a few issues that could raise their heads...
First, you will need to know *which* script it is you want to run. Let's
say it's /usr/local/games/solitaire. The file must be executable so you
can type
/usr/local/games/solitaire
on the command line to get it to run.
Assuming that's all ready to go, the script itself might reference its
interpreter in a specific location. That is, the first line of the script
might read
#!/usr/local/bin/perl
where *your* Perl is actually located in /usr/bin/perl. The way to get
around this is to edit the script in question or just run the script like
you do with java programs:
perl /usr/local/games/solitaire
If you *still* can't run the script, there's a few more things you can
try. (More on that if these steps fail.)
Paul Braman
aeon@tampabay.rr.com
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