Error "no such file or directory exists"

[Abendstern]

I'm trying to install the latest AMD catalyst drivers for Fedora 16 64 bit edition. When I attempt to install the package (amd-driver-installer-12-3-x86.x86_64.run) with the "bash" or "yun install" commands it gives me the error "no such file or directory exists". Do I need to list the directory it's in or something?

exact code:


[PANDAmonium@Jordan-Desktop ~]$ su -
Password:
[root@Jordan-Desktop ~]# bash ./amd-driver-installer-12-3-x86.x86_64.run
bash: ./amd-driver-installer-12-3-x86.x86_64.run: No such file or directory
[root@Jordan-Desktop ~]# yum install amd-driver-installer-12-3-x86.x86_64.run
Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit
Setting up Install Process
No package amd-driver-installer-12-3-x86.x86_64.run available.
Error: Nothing to do
[root@Jordan-Desktop ~]#

Thanks in advance...

[glennzo]

Working from the folder that contains the .run file, try

PHP Code:

sh amd-driver-installer-12-3-x86.x86_64.run 


[Abendstern]

Originally Posted by glennzo

Working from the folder that contains the .run file, try

PHP Code:

sh amd-driver-installer-12-3-x86.x86_64.run 


I just copypasted that code in but it gave me the same error What do you mean "working from the folder that contains the .run file"?

[PabloTwo]

The command you originally gave: bash ./amd-driver-installer-12-3-x86.x86_64.run
would have worked had the file amd-driver-installer-12-3-x86.x86_64.run been in the directory you were in when you issued the command.

When you did "su -", and entered roots password, your working directory changed to /root.
If you use just "su" without the hyphen, then you would have remained in the directory (folder) that you were in.

The "./" in front of the filename tells bash to look for the file right here in this directory. Otherwise, bash will only look in the directories defined in the $PATH environment variable. If a file is not in your current working directory (you can see which that is by giving the pwd command), then you can just specify the full directory path to the file.

So, if your current working directory was "/root", and the file was in /home/Abendstern/Downloads/amd-driver-installer-12-3-x86.x86_64.run, then you would use the command:

bash /home/Abendstern/Downloads/amd-driver-installer-12-3-x86.x86_64.run

You can use the command "bash" and "sh" interchangeably. The "sh" command is just a symbolic link that points to "bash" command.