I have 777 permissions for the app AquaLess installed by MacPorts.
I run
./AquaLess.app
I get
zsh: permission denied: ./AquaLess.app
This is a strange warning, since I have 777 permissions.
How can you use the program installed by MacPorts?
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A:
Type "open AquaLess.app"
A .app isn't an executable file, it's a directory that contains various resources in ways that Mac OS knows how to open. You would get the same warning if you tried to execute $HOME.
Paul Tomblin
2009-06-26 17:37:10
+1
A:
Or you could run:
$ ./AquaLess.app/Contents/MacOS/AquaLess
Which runs the actual executable within the .app bundle.
Ben
2009-06-26 17:52:26
Your answer suggests me that I need to put the following PATH to my PATH: /Applicatios/MacPorts/*/Contents/MacOS/
Masi
2009-06-26 18:18:06
The command in my PATH however does not work. It suggests me that I cannot use * in my PATH. Thus, it seems that the only solution is to separately add each program to my PATH.
Masi
2009-06-26 18:20:15
You cannot use wildcards in PATH.
Paul Tomblin
2009-06-26 18:26:25