Linux terminal problem? Please help..

[ck_VT]

I'm new to linux, but I have to use it for a C++ class I'm taking in college. I used emacs to write a basic "Hello world!" program, and I made a make file to compile the hello program. As far as I can see, it compiles fine (using command line g++ -Wall -g -o hello hello.cc in the makefile); however, whenever I type hello in the terminal, it says hello: Command not found. The hello program shows up as executable when I type ls -l, and an icon for the program is there in my directory. Whenever I double click the icon, nothing happens.

Can anyone help me? I don't understand what could be wrong..

[error27]

type: ./hello (hello is not in your $PATH)
or put an ENDL on your:
cout << "hello world" << ENDL;
right click on the icon and select to execute in a shell? I'm not sure because I don't use gnome much.

[ck_VT]

./hello worked! Thanks, I really appreciate it. :)