macOS sudo gives me command not found :(

[Freida]

Hello guys,

I'm not that good with terminal so please bear with me but I am trying to install darwin version of something that is for mac. I follow all the instructions in the manual but when I do:
sudo filename.exe
it asks for password so I put in my admin password (as that is the only password I have and it works for installing apps etc. and I am the only user here - admin)
and it says
sudo: filename.exe: command not found

Any ideas what I am missing here?

 

[willieva]

filename.exe isn't in your path.

Try:
sudo ./filename.exe

If that doesn't work, you need to find filename.exe.

Try:
find ~ -name filename.exe

If the output of that command is something like:
/Users/freida/Downloads/PackageName/filename.exe

the change to that directory by typing:
cd /Users/freida/Downloads/PackageName

and trying the sudo command from earlier in the message.

 

[Freida]

thank you for your reply, unfortunately it doesn't work either. I am in the right directory so when I do ls it gives me all the files in that directory including the file i need

I still get the same message after I enter the password ;(

 

[willieva]

Type the following commands and post the output:
file filename.exe
ls -l filename.exe

 

[Freida]

first command gives


vray_demo_maya2012_snow_leopard_x64.exe: Mach-O universal binary with 2 architectures
vray_demo_maya2012_snow_leopard_x64.exe (for architecture i386): Mach-O executable i386
vray_demo_maya2012_snow_leopard_x64.exe (for architecture x86_64): Mach-O 64-bit executable x86_64


second gives


-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 Freida staff 20343134 29 Apr 12:19 vray_demo_maya2012_snow_leopard_x64.exe

 

[jiminaus]

Just in case you missed it, but given the information to date, I can't see why this wouldn't work.

sudo ./vray_demo_maya2012_snow_leopard_x64.exe

 

[willieva]

You could try setting your path to the directory that contains the exe file. To find out which shell you're in, type:
ps

If you're in bash, type:
export PATH=[the path to your exe file]:$PATH

in csh, type:
setenv PATH [the path to your exe file]:$PATH

then run the sudo command again. Please post the command you're running and the output.

 

[Freida]

thank you guys for your help. I don't know what happened but when I tried it after restart it worked. So, all is good now.
Anyway, thanks for help as I've learnt new things so I totally appreciate that