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So I have downloaded the compressed bitcoin linux file from bitcoin.org

I can navigate to bin/64/ and open bitcoin to see the graphical interface. I get quite a few connections and my block count rises quickly.

When I enter my terminal however and navigate to the same folder. Entering $bitcoin or $bitcoind or $bitcoind -server returns: bash: bitcoin: command not found

What do you think the problem is?

Perhaps your PATH variable isn't set up to run executables from the current folder.  Try typing...

Hey so also, check the permissions.

That's one of those things that I often forget to do when I see an error like that.

So do an in the /bin/64/ directory

if you don't see an at all in the "drwxrwxrwx" permissions column, then it's not executable.  You can chmod it:

Just do 755:

(make sure you're in that directory, or declare the full path)

Don't mean to be patronizing to the original poster - this is directed at all who google this -  I just love this bitcoin idea, and I want to see more people use it, so if there are some linux newbs out there, I wouldn't want a simple permissions problem to stop them from trying it out.

Then as xlcus pointed out, you may still have to execute it as
Cheers,

Kevin

EDIT:

I mean to say "If you don't see an "x" at all in the ...

-kevin

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1. ./bitcoind - this directory is not in your $PATH. Or copy bitcoin and bitcoind to /usr/local/bin/.
2. you don't need to be root to run bitcoin, so leave off the sudo.

the whole "./" makes $PATH irrelevant.
"./" = current directory.