# Running q on linux

**URL:** <https://forum.kx.com/t/running-q-on-linux/7074>\
**Category:** Community Support\
**Tags:** kdb-and-q\
**Created:** [March 22, 2011, 11:11am UTC](https://forum.kx.com/t/running-q-on-linux/7074 "2011-03-22T11:11:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![vineetv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/13edae/32.png) [@vineetv](https://forum.kx.com/u/vineetv)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2011, 11:11am UTC](https://forum.kx.com/t/running-q-on-linux/7074/1 "2011-03-22T11:11:00Z")

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I unzipped the contents of linux.zip in / as /q/, but when I run /q/l32/q as:[root@Vineet /]# /q/l32/qI get the following:KDB+ 2.7 2011.03.07 Copyright (C) 1993-2011 Kx Systemsl32/ 2()core 2004MB root vineet 127.0.0.1 PLAY 2011.06.05’/root/q/q.k: No such file or directoryAny advice on what I could be doing wrong? I am using Fedora 14.Thanks,Vineet

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**Author:** ![charlie1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ec9cab/32.png) [@charlie1](https://forum.kx.com/u/charlie1)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2011, 11:17am UTC](https://forum.kx.com/t/running-q-on-linux/7074/2 "2011-03-22T11:17:00Z")

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at the bash prompt,

set the QHOME environment variable to the directory which contains q.k

e.g.

[root@Vineet /]#export QHOME=/q

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**Author:** ![vineetv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/13edae/32.png) [@vineetv](https://forum.kx.com/u/vineetv)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2011, 11:28am UTC](https://forum.kx.com/t/running-q-on-linux/7074/3 "2011-03-22T11:28:00Z")

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It works now. Thanks Charles.On Mar 22, 4:17?pm, Charles Skelton \<char…\> wrote:\> at the bash prompt,\> set the QHOME environment variable to the directory which contains q.k\> e.g.\>\> [root@Vineet /]#export QHOME=/q\>\> On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 12:11 PM, Vineet Virmani \<vine…\> wrote:\> \> I unzipped the contents of linux.zip in / as /q/, but when I run /q/\> \> l32/q as:\>\> \> [root@Vineet /]# /q/l32/q\>\> \> I get the following:\>\> \> KDB+ 2.7 2011.03.07 Copyright (C) 1993-2011 Kx Systems\> \> l32/ 2()core 2004MB root vineet 127.0.0.1 PLAY 2011.06.05\>\> \> '/root/q/q.k: No such file or directory\>\> \> Any advice on what I could be doing wrong? I am using Fedora 14.\>\> \> Thanks,\>\> \> Vineet\>\> \> –\> \>

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