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Problems with hamsphere

Asked by Stephen COnjulusa

I am a HAM radio op. I am trying to download the Hamsphere Java app. I can download the app and i have java icetea installed. but i can't get the program to load. the hamsphere site said not to to unpack the .jar file. when i do run it it comes back that the file is not marked as exicuetable. can you help. the file is located at Hamsphere.com

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

chmod +x file.jar

replace file.jar with the ACTUAL filename you have.

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Stephen COnjulusa (hackerdefined) said : 		#2

When i do as stated i get this reply
"h4ck3rd3f1ned@h4ck3rd3f1ned-laptop:~$ chmod +x hamsphere_2.0.19_for_linux_and_mac.jar
chmod: cannot access `hamsphere_2.0.19_for_linux_and_mac.jar': No such file or directory"

the directory is there and the file is complete.

any further suport would help

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actionparsnip proposed the following answer:
chmod +x file.jar

replace file.jar with the ACTUAL filename you have.

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

Thats because the file isn't in your home directory, it's more than likely on the desktop where strange people like to store data. In this case you will need to use:

cd ~/Desktop

Then the command, note the D is CAPITALIZED as linux is massvely case sensitive, if the file is not on the desktop then ammend the above command to get the pwd (present working directory) to be the one containing the file. You can check by running:

ls

(pronounced 'ell-ess')

This will list the files in the pwd, if you see the file you are good to go, also the filename you use in the chmod command will need to acommodate and capitalized letts and spaces, use TAB key to autocomplete filenames to makes life easier.

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Stephen COnjulusa (hackerdefined) said : 		#4

Thank you. That took care of the issue. Hamsphere is up and running