Add ./ remove programs

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    ChakaZulu

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    I'm brand new to Linux and am having slight issues. I enabled the desktop menu and have used add/remove. I got a couple of things fine but recently I added some new games and I can't find them. They aren't in the games menu and I don't know where to look in file manager etc.

    How do I get to them?
     
    ChakaZulu, Dec 22, 2008
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    ChakaZulu

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    RIght, I've found them in /usr/share. I then tried to run them. Taking doom as an example, I got into /usr/share/doom, which gave me the file freedoom.wad.

    I entered./freedoom.wad and it refused. I used chmod 700 and chmod +x, both of which were refused ("permission denied")


    Any ideas?
     
    ChakaZulu, Dec 23, 2008
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    Idea: Open a terminal window (Alt-F2) and type (without the quotes) "doom"

    Executable files are normally installed in /usr/bin or /usr/local/bin
     
    RockDoctor, Dec 24, 2008
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