Starting Software

Using the start menu (KDE, Gnome, ...)

 

Typing the name of the executable file, at a command prompt

If the file location is listed in the $PATH shell variable (bash), any of the following command prompts can be used:

  • Console
  • Terminal window
  • "Run..." window
  • "Open with..." window

Browsing to the executable file in a console or terminal window and typing the name of the file

To ensure that the file in the current directory is the one that runs, precede the name of the file with "./"; otherwise, any program with the same name found elsewhere in the system path would run instead.

Unless have "./" listed as the first path in the environment settings

Or unless have "./" somewhere in the environment path, and there's no other program by that same name on the path

Browsing to the executable file in a visual file manager and clicking or double-clicking on it.

 

Resources URL: 
notes/linux/resources
Sources URL: 
notes/linux/sources

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