Re^4: Create a desktop icon for perl program in ubuntu?

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Re^5: Create a desktop icon for perl program in ubuntu? by Anonymous Monk on Dec 01, 2015 at 09:23 UTC
so a terminal window (like bash) is popping up and disappearing This means your program probably isn't running at all (or terminating early), is there a setting to keep the window open (there should be)?	[reply]
Re^6: Create a desktop icon for perl program in ubuntu? by yedukondalu (Acolyte) on Dec 01, 2015 at 09:31 UTC
I hope the program is running..I tried removing the perl in Exec path in the above program..then an errors comes.. Details: Failed to execute child process "/home/yathayed/yedukondalu/programs/perl/advanced/tk/hotel_bill.pl" (No such file or directory)	[reply]
Re^7: Create a desktop icon for perl program in ubuntu? by Anonymous Monk on Dec 01, 2015 at 09:36 UTC
Well that is interesting, does the file exist, is the shebang valid? Does the file run if you type its name from a shell? Try a valid path to perl with a space dash dash like `#!/usr/bin/perl --`	[reply] [d/l]
Re^8: Create a desktop icon for perl program in ubuntu? by yedukondalu (Acolyte) on Dec 01, 2015 at 09:50 UTC
Re^9: Create a desktop icon for perl program in ubuntu? by Anonymous Monk on Dec 01, 2015 at 09:55 UTC
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Re^7: Create a desktop icon for perl program in ubuntu? by Anonymous Monk on Dec 01, 2015 at 09:38 UTC
Also try a simple program or oneliner like `perl -e" use Tk; tkinit()->MainLoop "`	[reply] [d/l]