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jonmorley
New Participant
October 28, 2018

Oculus platform command line utilities for Mac OS

How is this tool supposed to be installed? I download ovr-platform-util.dms file - it is not a known extension and no application will open it. Targeting the file for execution in the terminal does nothing. What are the instructions for this file?

6 replies

zed8fr
New Participant
January 14, 2019
Hi jon_marley
Unable to use ovr-platform-util. Did you fix your issue ? Maybe you could help me… ;-)
mousebear
mousebear
Honored Contributor
January 15, 2019
For those curious, I closed the loop with @"zed8.fr" and provided him the following steps that worked:

1. Open terminal and cd to location of file
2. Type chmod +x ./ovr-platform-util
3. Run tool by typing ./ovr-platform-util plus desired function.
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tharun15
Participant
July 18, 2019

-bash: ./ovr-platform-util: No such file or directory

Its in the desktop and I tried ls command and the application is listing . But none of the below command works in iMac terminal

MAC:Desktop user$ chmod +x ./ovr-platform-util

chmod: ./ovr-platform-util: No such file or directory

MAC:Desktop user$ ./ovr-platform-util

-bash: ./ovr-platform-util: No such file or directory

Unable to use ovr-platform-util.  Maybe you could help me… ;-)


mousebear
mousebear
Honored Contributor
July 29, 2019
Hello, thanks for reaching out. Please ensure you are changing directory to your desktop, as the commands you listed is returning the message that it cannot find the file.
If you need immediate help or want additional support/context on an issue you are having with our platform or integrations: 1. Gather any and all logs , screenshots, and version numbers of relevant software (Oculus SDK, engine, etc.) 2. Please submit a ticket here through the "Contact Us" link (include what you've gathered in step 1). 3. Tag me @mouse_bear once you have done so!
FuturelabCBe
New Participant
October 29, 2019
i have the same problem like tharun15. Unable to use over-platform-util. It's not running..
@NinjaGG maybe you can help?
Anonymous
January 13, 2021

tharun15 said:

-bash: ./ovr-platform-util: No such file or directory

Its in the desktop and I tried ls command and the application is listing . But none of the below command works in iMac terminal

MAC:Desktop user$ chmod +x ./ovr-platform-util

chmod: ./ovr-platform-util: No such file or directory

MAC:Desktop user$ ./ovr-platform-util

-bash: ./ovr-platform-util: No such file or directory

Unable to use ovr-platform-util.  Maybe you could help me… ;-)



Catchall command for finding a file somewhere in the path: 
which ovr-platform-util
this normally tells you where the file would be, if regularly installed somewhere into the path. Stash this info somewhere, it'll be useful in the future.

As for the commands you listed specify, you are attempting to run it on the Terminal from a folder that the file is not in.

You can do either of two things - either move the ovr-platform-util to your home folder  (which in the Terminal will be the ~ folder), i.e. /Users/yourusername/ (just launch Finder and move or copy it from Desktop to "Home" folder (on the Finder, go to Downloads folder, enable "View -> Show Path Bar" and see what the path is, click on the folder before the Downloads folder. For me, it would be: Macintosh HD > Users > esaruoho > Downloads - doubleclick on yourusername in the path bar..) and then launch the Terminal app and try ./ovr-platform-util, 

or launch Terminal and go to the Desktop folder. In this case, you'd launch the Terminal and type cd Desktop and after that, try ./ovr-platform-util. If it now says that there is definitely a file with that name, then do the chmod +x ./ovr-platform-util to change it to executable, then type in ./ovr-platform-util again.

Hope this helps.
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