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A linux question for a noob

VampyreVampyre
edited September 2008 in Chit chat
Could someone help me out? Last night I installed Yellow Dog Linux 6 on my PS3 as I want to use it to stream game data from my Windows PC straight to the PS3 with Stream My Game (www.streammygame.com). I've got everything up and running on it (wireless connection, interweb, etc) and I've installed a couple of apps that StreamMyGame provide. One to get the Sixaxis pad working the other to install the Streamer Player.

The question is, where the bloody hell does Linux put the executable (or whatever it's equivalent is in Linux) so that I can actually run the damn thing? I've managed to find a "smg" directory but all that contains is pngs and gifs. I've google'd but all the directories that's given me I've not managed to find anything although it doesn't help that I don't know what the .exe or equivalent is called.

I know there are a few Linux experts on this forum so I wonder if one of you could at least kind of point me in the right direction?

Thanks for any help. It's weird after all of these years being plonked in front of a computer, so to speak, and simply not know where to go! I pride myself on being a bit tech-savvie, but I felt such a dumbass last night!
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  • WinstonWinston
    edited September 2008
    The executable gets put wherever the installer puts it. Usually, for something that's installed on the system, somewhere in the path - i.e. /usr/bin or /usr/local/bin.

    Unix and Unix-type operating systems don't use file extensions to provide any meaning to the kernel. The executable will have no extension. If you are told to run a program "foo", the executable file is simply called "foo" and will have the execute permission set, and it should be in the path if the program's installer or package did the right thing.
  • VampyreVampyre
    edited September 2008
    Thanks for the information guys, I'll have a look when I get back from work and post back the results. I certainly looked inside the usr folder, and pretty sure inside the bin too, but not the local/bin. I was looking for an .exe extension so the information on the filename is invaluable.

    I'm not sure what YUM or RPM are, but the installation procedure simply comprised of inserting the DVD into the PS3 and following the GUI inputs for the various local settings, much like a Windows installation would. In fact, if anything it was smoother than a Windows install with the additional bonus of adding Open Office, other apps and dev software by default (if you want it to). All in all I was impressed with Linux, it's very quick and wasn't difficult to navigate around - the only problem was what I was asking about. I think I may be dual-booting my main PC at some point.
    ZXSR - Speccy Mags Reviews
  • NickHNickH
    edited September 2008
    If you think it installed the executable in your path, and you know the name of the executable, typing in "which commandname" will return its location. Try "which ls", for an example.
  • Patrik RakPatrik Rak
    edited September 2008
    And if it is not in your path, try locate -i name or find / -type f -perm -u+x | grep -i name .
  • alanspecalanspec
    edited September 2008
    You could also just wing it and open any readme's you come across for hints as to the name of the executable. Even if the readme's don't give anything away you can open a terminal and type the first few letters of what you think the executable should be called and hit tab a few times to see if it fills into the program name or appears in a list of possibilities - if it does just hit return and it'll either spring to life or return some useful info - maybe. With this kind of approach I find it quite fast to find a new app and I can only ever remembering one app that I never found after installation.........and I can't even remember what it was thank god so I'm not going to start looking for it right now..........
    It was on this laptop though.........
    I'm off to erm, do something totally unrelated.
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  • VampyreVampyre
    edited September 2008
    Hi guys -

    Thanks for all of the info. I didn't manage to find the file in the end, but I was at least able to run it by using the Terminal window. Simply typing smg-linux-player into that got it up and going although I wasn't able to do anything with it - to do that it had to be started from Firefox and browsing to the StreamMyGame site for the list of applications/games that had been identified on the main pc.

    All in all, I was quite impressed with the application. Playing Doom3 was a bit lag-tastic but that was a straight run without optimising anything - and via a wireless network. I recommend having a look at the application if you're interested in streaming anything from a PC to a less powerful piece of hardware like an EEE. For example you could play Crysis on your EEE whilst at work across the internet from your main pc at home - nothing other than the player is required on the recipient. Your limted to running things at 640x480 (not a problem on an EEE) with the free version, $10 or $20 per year gets you access to SuperHD - 3048x3048 or whatever it is.
    ZXSR - Speccy Mags Reviews
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