# What does this error mean?

**URL:** <https://forum.dynare.org/t/what-does-this-error-mean/22694>\
**Category:** Installation and Setup\
**Created:** [5 July 2023 14:20 UTC](https://forum.dynare.org/t/what-does-this-error-mean/22694 "2023-07-05T14:20:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mzwanele](https://forum.dynare.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/74df32/32.png) [@Mzwanele](https://forum.dynare.org/u/Mzwanele)\
**Post date:** [5 July 2023 14:20 UTC](https://forum.dynare.org/t/what-does-this-error-mean/22694/1 "2023-07-05T14:20:52Z")

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I am trying to run my mod file ‘simpleROT’ and I am constantly receieving the error below. I am receiving the error for all my files that I am trying to run on Dynare. What could be the issue?

> > dynare simpleROT  
> > Unrecognized function or variable ‘dynare’.

Did you mean:

> > dare simpleROT

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**Author:** ![jpfeifer](https://forum.dynare.org/user_avatar/forum.dynare.org/jpfeifer/32/5044_2.png) [@jpfeifer](https://forum.dynare.org/u/jpfeifer)\
**Post date:** [5 July 2023 15:58 UTC](https://forum.dynare.org/t/what-does-this-error-mean/22694/2 "2023-07-05T15:58:41Z")

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It means that you did not add the Dynare binary to your Matlab path, e.g.

```auto
addpath('C:\dynare\5.4\matlab')

```