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What to do if a Linux program does not start

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Linux beginners sometimes brings the command line to despair. There you have it clearly in Midnight Commander or in the directory listing that a program has a specific name. For example, setup . If you enter it then nothing happens.

The solution of the problem: In many Linux distributions, you need the file name ./ (dot and slash) in front if you are currently in the directory where the file is stored. So you have to type ./setup in the command line.

This is the result of a security setting that makes it difficult for malicious hackers to launch a program externally.


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