Unable to understand a permission warning in Mac

Question

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?

score 6 · Answer 1 · edited Dec 02 '11 at 09:10

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Type open AquaLess.app

A file with .app extension 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.

edited Dec 02 '11 at 09:10

StKiller

answered Jun 26 '09 at 17:37

Paul Tomblin

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 26 '09 at 17:52

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Or you could run:

$ ./AquaLess.app/Contents/MacOS/AquaLess

Which runs the actual executable within the .app bundle.

answered Jun 26 '09 at 17:52

Ben

Your answer suggests me that I need to put the following PATH to my PATH: /Applicatios/MacPorts/*/Contents/MacOS/ – Léo Léopold Hertz 준영 Jun 26 '09 at 18:18
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. – Léo Léopold Hertz 준영 Jun 26 '09 at 18:20
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You cannot use wildcards in PATH. – Paul Tomblin Jun 26 '09 at 18:26

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