strange software installation problem

[Alex Maynard]

Hi Gil,

I copied in the first few lines of the script below. They don't look too
unusual as far as I can tell.  Thanks very much for your help.

Alex

# version 8.0.0  20dec2002

cmd="$0"


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}

> What is the first (or first few) lines of the script?
>
> Gil
>
> On Sun, 2004-01-11 at 19:27, Alex Maynard wrote:
> > Hi Paul,
> >
> > Thank you. Your suggestion below "bash /cdrom/install" worked, although
> > the strange thing is I didn't find "noexec" in /etc/fstab.
> >
> > Alex
> >
> > On Sun, 11 Jan 2004, Paul Mora wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Alex.
> > >
> > > I'm not familiar with Debian per se, but it could be that the CD-ROM is
> > > mounted with the "noexec" option, which disables the execution of
> > > programs directly from it.  I've seen this as default in other distros.
> > > Check your /etc/fstab, look for the line that corresponds to your
> > > CD-ROM, and see if there's a "noexec" option there.  If so, remove it,
> > > and the remount the CD with "mount -o remount /cdrom".
> > >
> > > You can also get around it by just running "bash /cdrom/install" if the
> > > program is a shell script.
> > >
> > > pm
> > >
> > > --
> > > Paul Mora <paulmora-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org>
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Alex Maynard
Assistant Professor
Department of Economics
University of Toronto
150 St. George St., N304
Toronto ON M5S 3G7
Canada
e-mail: amaynard-vQ8rsROW2HJSpjfjxSPG1fd9D2ou9A/h at public.gmane.org
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