Subject: Re: Games not executable
To: Stephen <ostbahn@sprynet.com>
From: David A. Gatwood <marsmail@globegate.utm.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 09/02/1998 19:34:35
On Wed, 2 Sep 1998, Stephen wrote:
> I finally was able to get booted into multi-user mode, but trying to play
> any of the games in the /usr/games directory, I get a file not found
> message. (I am executing them in the same directory) I have one partition
> for root/usr and two others for var and home. I am new to unix, and so
> often approach things from a dos perspective. Am I missing something
> obvious, is there a configuration file that needs to be tweeked in order
> for the games to be executable? (These are the games from the games
> binary set). I have re-downloaded and reinstalled the games package
> several times. Do I need to start from scratch and reinstall everything?
It's probably not in your path. While in the directory, try executing it
as ./game instead of just game. If that works, add /usr/bin/games or
whatever to your PATH. How to add it to your path varies by shell. sh
and derivatives, use
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/bin/games
not sure on csh and derivatives.
Later,
David
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