[Freeciv] Re: rpm installation

[Scott Davis <scott.davis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Command not found" means exactly that: the command name you type could not be
found by the shell in it's command search path.

By default (and for good "oops" reasons), root does not have "." (the current
directory) in the default path.

Try running them as a "normal" user, or if you must be root, use ./civserver

Cheers,
  Scott


> On Thu, 20 Jan 2000, David Pfitzner wrote:
> 
> > John dillick <jdillick@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 
> > > I'm just typing:
> > > rpm -i freeciv-server-1_9_0-3_i386.rpm
> > > 
> > > This initially executes and gives me:
> > > banner civ civclient civserver ser
> > > in my /usr/games directory
> > > These apparently don't do anything.
> > 
> > What do you mean by "These apparently don't do anything"?
> > That is, how are you trying to run them, and what happens?
> 
> Well I'm running linux with the graphical interface, however most of what
> I do is in a terminal windows, because I'm not confortable with the gui
> yet. (strange huh?)
> 
> Basically, I don't know the intended use of the files I mentioned earlier.
> from a bash prompt logged on as root:
> /root]#civserver
> bash: civserver: command not found
> (ok... obviously not in my search path)
> /root]# cd /usr/games
> /root]# ls 
> banner  civ  civclient  civserver  ser
> /root]# civserver
> bash: civserver: command not found
> 
> > 
> > (My wild guess: you are trying to run them as root, and are
> > doing so in some gui way which doesn't show you the error
> > message which would explain the error of your ways.)
> > 
> > -- David
> > 
> I'm sure it's something I'm doing wrong, but I'm not sure what it is.
> 
> It should be noted that I'm a one month old linux user with limited unix
> experience previous to that.  I'm mostly proficient in windoze and other
> ms crap I've given up on.  I'm interested in doing some software
> development in this platform and freeciv looked like a fun place to start.
> However, for the time being I'm still getting aquainted with my
> surroundings.
> 
> regards,
> 
> John
>