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jrudess / streamdvr

DVR for streaming entertainment
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streamdvr: command not found #127

Closed e2489 closed 5 years ago

e2489 commented 5 years ago

Forgive my ignorance, but the last time I installed this, things were much simpler. I have node.js installed, I have streamdvr copied into the folder, I run npm install and it installs. I run an Ubuntu terminal with Windows WSL installed, navigate to the folder and try to run 'streamdvr'. Then I get 'streamdvr: command not found'. What am I doing wrong?

jrudess commented 5 years ago

This is a linux-shell behavior thing. For security reasons, by default the current directory is not part of $PATH, so to run an executable you need to type "./streamdvr". Note that "node streamdvr" would also work.

When running just "streamdvr" it only looks in $PATH to find the executable. Since the streamdvr directory isn't in $PATH you get the error "streamdvr: command not found".

e2489 commented 5 years ago

If I enter './streamdvr' it says '/usr/bin/env: 'node' No such file or directory' If I enter 'node streamdvr' it says 'Command 'node' not found, but can be installed with: sudo apt install nodejs', but I already have node installed and added to PATH.