install joe problems

[snake98]

I"m getting
bash-2.02# joe
bash: .//joe: cannot execute binary file
i've chmod 755 joe, but I still can't get it to work, I"ve tried a couple of different joes, can any help me here. I can't find anything concering joe with this error

[hayreass]

Are you using the correct version for your platform?

PPC or mips>>>> S1 or S2?

[snake98]

S2, I am running version 4.1b, Could you point me to the right file, I thought I got the s2 version, that why I tried a couple.

[hayreass]

Post #4 HERE (http://www.dealdatabase.com/forum/showthread.php?t=36607&highlight=joe+binary) might have what you are looking for.

[snake98]

I"m gettig an error, when doing this, here are the steps after unziping it

bash-2.02# ./busybox/tar -xvf joe-2.9.8-pre1-s2.tar
var/hack
var/hack/bin
var/hack/bin/joe
var/hack/bin/termidx
var/hack/bin/jmacs
var/hack/bin/jstar
var/hack/bin/rjoe
var/hack/bin/jpico
var/hack/etc
var/hack/etc/joerc
var/hack/etc/jmacsrc
var/hack/etc/jstarrc
var/hack/etc/rjoerc
var/hack/etc/jpicorc
bash-2.02#
bash-2.02# cd var
bash-2.02#
bash-2.02# cd hack
bash-2.02#
bash-2.02# cd bin
bash-2.02#
bash-2.02# chmod 755 joe
bash-2.02#
bash-2.02# joe
bash: joe: command not found
bash-2.02#
bash-2.02# ls
jmacs joe jpico jstar rjoe termidx
bash-2.02#
bash-2.02#

Someone help me here?

[hayreass]

Well, in order to chmod joe using the command you used, you must be in the same directory as joe. Otherwise use the command
chmod +x var/hack/bin/joe

And in order to run it, it needs to be in a folder that in your path, or you need to run it like
./var/hack/bin/joe filexxxx

For what it's worth, I'll attach the binaries I use.
I don't remember where I got them, but they work great for me.
I have joe installed in /tivo-bin, and joerc installed in /tivo-bin/etc. I'm not sure if they need to be there specifically or not, but I suspect they do.

[snake98]

when I chmod 755 joe, I was in the directory that joe was in? isn't that the same as chmot 755 ./var/hack/bin/joe ?

[cheer]

And in order to run it, it needs to be in a folder that in your path, or you need to run it like
./var/hack/bin/joe filexxxx
This is something that routinely hoses people up coming from DOS (or whatever): your current directory is not necessarily in your path! You have to explicitly add a "." to your path; otherwise, you have to use ./joe to launch it.

Fouled me up for about a week back in my SunOS days.

[snake98]

when I chmod 755 joe, I was in the directory that joe was in? isn't that the same as chmod 755 ./var/hack/bin/joe ?

[dewalt]

Have you checked to see what the permissions of joe is?

[snake98]

okay this is what I"m getting now

bash-2.02# mount -o remount,rw /
bash-2.02#
bash-2.02# joe
Couldn't load termcap entry. Using ansi default
Processing '/var/hack/etc/joerc'...done
Processing '/var/hack/etc/joerc'...done
Sorry, your terminal can't do absolute cursor positioning.
It's broken
bash-2.02#

any ideas, I'm using joe-2.9.8-pre1-s2.tar file

[snake98]

Found the command I needed


TERM=xterm


thanks again for your help