[ubuntu-uk] Publishing to the software centre

[Gareth France]

On 23/04/14 10:36, Alan Pope wrote:
> On 23 April 2014 10:31, Gareth France <gareth.france at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 23/04/14 10:27, Alan Lord wrote:
>>>> So does anyone have any ideas about packaging up this script? I now have
>>>> information about how to package it for submission but I still need a
>>>> way to run the program from the command line without calling perl.
>>>
>>> If your script is executable and has the right "shebang" at the start you
>>> will not need to call perl.
>>>
>>>
>>> Al
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> The script is called seaward.pl, I want it to be run by simply typing
>> seaward. How do I achieve this?
>>
> Make sure it's got the executable bit set, rename it seaward and make
> sure the first line is:-
>
> #!/usr/bin/env perl
>
> Put the file in your path and you're done.
>
> Cheers,
> Al.
>
Thanks, I believe I have that set up already. Rename it is.