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install.php: cannot open ?php: no such file error

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webarter:
Here is the situation, I get this error:

www# ./install.php
./install.php: cannot open ?php: no such file
www# pwd
/usr/home/sites/www.webarter.net/web/cgi-bin/bbv2/simple
www# chmod +x *.php
www# ls -l
total 3624
drwxr-xr-x  2 webarter  site41      512 May 11 20:14 Packages
-r-xr-xr-x  1 webarter  site41    48092 Apr 26 03:40 SSI.php
-r-xr-xr-x  1 webarter  site41     3543 Apr 26 03:40 Settings.php
-r-xr-xr-x  1 webarter  site41     3220 Apr 26 03:40 Settings_bak.php
drwxr-xr-x  4 webarter  site41      512 May 11 20:14 Smileys
drwxr-xr-x  2 webarter  site41     1536 May 11 20:14 Sources
drwxr-xr-x  4 webarter  site41      512 May 11 20:14 Themes
-r--r--r--  1 webarter  site41     3319 Apr 20 13:50 agreement.txt
drwxr-xr-x  2 webarter  site41      512 May 11 20:14 attachments
drwxr-xr-x  4 webarter  site41      512 May 11 20:14 avatars
-r--r--r--  1 webarter  site41    90497 Apr 26 22:05 changelog.txt
-r-xr-xr-x  1 webarter  site41    13825 Apr 26 22:05 index.php
-r-xr-xr-x  1 webarter  site41    36609 May  2 04:51 install.php
-r--r--r--  1 webarter  site41     3929 Apr 20 13:50 license.txt
-r--r--r--  1 webarter  site41     2350 Apr 20 13:50 news_readme.html
-rw-r--r--  1 webarter  site41  3409920 May 11 20:14 smf_1-0-beta5p_install.tar
-r--r--r--  1 webarter  site41    31050 Apr 26 05:24 smf_1-0.sql
-r-xr-xr-x  1 webarter  site41     5068 Apr 20 15:19 ssi_examples.php
-r--r--r--  1 webarter  site41     5228 Apr 20 13:50 ssi_examples.shtml
www# ./install.php
./install.php: cannot open ?php: no such file

[Unknown]:
Please run install.php from a web interface... in other words:

http://www.webarter.net/cgi-bin/bbv2/simple/install.php

It was not meant to be run from the command line, because many people do not have shell access to their servers.

-[Unknown]

andrea:
In addition I observed the "cgi-bin" part in the path names. The forum is supposed to be installed in a directory which is in the public html area of your webspace.

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