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I installed Electrum on my Mac from python source. The GUI works fine, but I can't use the CLI. Thus, I get :

dyn907-208:Electrum-2.6.4 name$ electrum help
-bash: electrum: command not found

both when I type this command (for intance) in a regular bash, or under the "console" tab of the GUY.

What did I miss?

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It might be in a subdirectory, so run: find . -name electrum

Or if it is in ., it might not have execute permissions: chmod +x electrum

Or it might be named something else: find . -perm -100

Or you might not have . in your PATH: ./electrum help

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  • Thx a lot. Since 1. it is indeed in a subdirectory but I was in it when I tried to run it on the CL, 2. it has all permissions activated, 3. using find . -perm -100 | grep electrum gives me electrum; I feel like the fourth possibility is probably the explanation. But I don't really understand it. Can you point me to some resource to understand better your point please?
    – hartmut
    Commented Jun 9, 2016 at 8:09
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    PATH is an environment variable that tells your shell where to find programs, if you do not supply the path to them explicitely. Typically, there's /bin, /usr/bin, and a few others. If you're root, also /sbin and /usr/sbin. I also put $HOME/bin for my own things. . is current directory (so moves around whenever you move around the directory structure). so ./electrum means "run the file named electrum located in the directory I'm in now", while electrum means "run the file named electrum wherever you find it in your PATH" (a bit more complicated due to aliases, functions, etc)
    – user36303
    Commented Jun 9, 2016 at 8:52
  • Thx a lot. I m in Electrum's directory. I type ./electrum, meaning "run the file named electrum located in the directory I'm in now". But it does not work. Any other possibility?
    – hartmut
    Commented Jun 10, 2016 at 9:44
  • To find out if there is a file called electrum in ., run: ls -l electrum
    – user36303
    Commented Jun 10, 2016 at 10:30
  • Raargh, why does it post every time I press enter... Anyway: check it has x permission. If not: chmod +x electrum. If there is no electrum file there, cd to wherever there is one, and chmod +x electrum too if needed
    – user36303
    Commented Jun 10, 2016 at 10:31

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