# Minor change to Pengine install docs (Linux)?

**URL:** <https://swi-prolog.discourse.group/t/minor-change-to-pengine-install-docs-linux/685>\
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**Created:** [May 21, 2019, 2:53am UTC](https://swi-prolog.discourse.group/t/minor-change-to-pengine-install-docs-linux/685 "2019-05-21T02:53:55Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 21, 2019, 2:53am UTC](https://swi-prolog.discourse.group/t/minor-change-to-pengine-install-docs-linux/685/1 "2019-05-21T02:53:55Z")

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On the Pengines download and install page:

[https://pengines.swi-prolog.org/docs/getting\_started.html](https://pengines.swi-prolog.org/docs/getting_started.html)

Is the following text:

```prolog
Start run.pl as ./run.pl on Unix or double-click run.pl on Windows...

```

This does not work on Linux, at least not on my Ubuntu 18.04 box. First, most Linux boxes try to run files with a **pl** extension as Perl scripts. Just to test, I did execute `chmod +x run.pl` and tried to run it. I got a slew of Perl launch errors.

Instead, I simply ran `swipl` with `run.pl` as the command line argument from the directory `run.pl` resides in (i.e. - the main Pengines directory):

```prolog
swipl run.pl

```

Perhaps the docs should be updated to reflect this, with a note about making sure the `swipl` binary is in your environment PATH?
