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   From: ray    
   Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.ubuntu   
   Subject: Re: New Free Pascal Program not recognized   
   Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 12:19:18 -0700   
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   On Thu, 18 Jan 2007 22:28:03 -0700, Tom Clydesdale wrote:   
      
   > I just installed the Free Pascal Compiler via Synaptic which appears to   
   > run correctly and creates a supposedly executable file but which I cannot   
   > run.  I've checked permissions and it (the compiled program) will not run   
   > as either myself or via sudo.  Can anyone give me a clue as to a problem   
   > source or possible corrective path to go down?   
   >    
   > One thing that bothers me is the size of the executable file (>92k) for   
   > the very simple "Hello World" testing program!!!  When compiling there is   
   > no error indication with both an object and executable file created.   
   >    
   > I'm very new at this Linux arrangement and would greatly appreciate any   
   > thoughts.   
      
   A couple of things spring to mind.   
      
   1) do an 'ls -s executable file' - the 'x' permission should be set.   
   2) you may need to type './executablefile' in order to execute it. It is   
   customary not to have '.' in your path.   
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