Bash script doesn't run from nautilus, but does run from terminal

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Before I add more detail to my question, I have to say something very important:

Yes, my script has "Allow executing file as program" turned on.

The question itself:

For programming reasons (shared libraries), I can't execute my program just from the executable, because I need to access LD_LIBRARY_PATH before executing the program. I created this script to do this (baring in mind this is my first time ever writing a script):

#!/bin/bash
#Get the current directory and append the SO's location
currentDir=$(pwd)'/libs/'
#Change the library path
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$currentDir
#Run the program
./program

After running this from the terminal I thought that it has worked, there were no errors and the program didn't complain about shared libraries. But unfortunately, if I try to double-click the .sh file from Nautilus, nothing happens. The worst part as well, is that since I'm running it from the GUI, I have no idea what error it is getting. I'm running Ubuntu 14.04 and the executable is a C++ program using the SFML libraries (Yes I could just have the dependencies, but SFML isn't commonly installed on Linux computers, and this is besides the point).

Add the line notify-send $LD_LIBRARY_PATH below the line export… and test it again. — A.B., Aug 15 '15 at 17:55
@JacobVlijm Do you know how I can cd to the correct directory, even if it has a spaces? Because when I try to call the script it cuts off at any space — Ben Hollier, Aug 15 '15 at 17:58
@A.B. No difference, same output in terminal, same lack of anything in nautilus — Ben Hollier, Aug 15 '15 at 18:00
@A.B. Nothing. According to the man page it should create a notification but no, nothing — Ben Hollier, Aug 15 '15 at 18:02
But if there's no output via libnotify, something other is wrong — A.B., Aug 15 '15 at 18:04
@A.B. I reinstalled notify-send, so I can see the notification when in the terminal, but I get nothing in the nautilus — Ben Hollier, Aug 15 '15 at 18:10
@A.B. Again, nothing, I'm starting to think it's not to do with the script's contents... — Ben Hollier, Aug 15 '15 at 18:17
What says gsettings get org.gnome.nautilus.preferences executable-text-activation — A.B., Aug 15 '15 at 18:23
gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus.preferences executable-text-activation ask — A.B., Aug 15 '15 at 18:25
Why not simply LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$PWD/libs" ./program? No need for subshells or intermediary variables. — David Foerster, Aug 18 '15 at 09:00
@DavidFoerster As I mentioned, its my first time writing a bash script, and I'd prefer for it to be readable and expandable (at the time I thought I'd need to add more code to fix the issue), and I don't care about size since I'm not submitting it to Code Golf ;) — Ben Hollier, Aug 18 '15 at 13:57
Good point. In that case, I hope you could still learn something from my comment, for instance, about the automatic shell variable PWD and prefixing commands with environment variables. — David Foerster, Aug 18 '15 at 16:01
possible duplicate of How do I run .sh files in Terminal?. For how to run .sh files in nautilus see the answer by imjustmatthew. — karel, Sep 10 '15 at 06:00

score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 15 '15 at 18:27

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The property Allow executing file as program is not enough.

Change the settings in Nautilus Preferences

or via terminal:

gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus.preferences executable-text-activation ask

answered Aug 15 '15 at 18:27

A.B.

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When you put a screen shot which of those settings do you exactly mean? – ar2015 Feb 14 '21 at 17:03

Bash script doesn't run from nautilus, but does run from terminal

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