D ubuntu 7.10

[Neil Vice]

> I can only run dmd as root, or i get the error:
> main.d: module main cannot read file 'main.d'

This is also the error you get when you run the compiler from a directory 
that is not the root of the source tree without the -I flag. Given that you 
only get it as root I would assume that it relates to the file permissions 
of your source file(s) and or the directories containing them.

> And when I run dmd as root on main.d I get a compile complete:
> gcc main.o -o main -m32 -lphobos -lpthread -lm
>
> and it makes a .o file and binary, but when i type: main to run the binary 
> I doesn't recognize the command as a program...

This may or may not seem obvious but unless you have . in your PATH you may 
have to use ./main to execute your program. If this isn't your problem more 
information as to the error messages your are encountering might be useful.

Neil