Strange problem when starting the bot (symbolic path)

[Paulo-]

First the symbolic path for eggdrop was linked to itself. Then I changed it to the path from where I installed the eggdrop.
(Install destination: /eggdrop - installed from: /eggdrop-1.6.15 )

However both doesn't work. Following error is produced:

[storm@securehost eggdrop]$ ./eggdrop -m bot.conf
bash: ./eggdrop: is a directory

or(when I delete the link):

[storm@securehost eggdrop]$ ./eggdrop -m bot.conf
bash: ./eggdrop: No such file or directory

Do I have to start it from the path from where I installed it? What's the sense of /eggdrop (Destination path) then?

Thanks a lot.

[CrazyCat]

I don't understand: when you install your eggdrop from ~/eggdrop-1.6.15 , it create a real (not symbolic path) directory which is ~/eggdrop .
If you have a symbolic path, so you go to the sources and not to the binaries.
try to uninstall completely the eggdrop, then follow the procedure:

cd ~/eggdrop-1.6.15
./configure
./make config
./make
./make install
cd ../eggdrop
edit your config file
./eggdrop -m bot.conf