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How do a execute a .run file?

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Dines683 (dines683) said : 		#1

you might wanna consider wine

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Jim Hutchinson (jphutch) said : 		#2

It depends on the type of file. Often it's run with

sh name_of_file.run

And some will run just by double clicking.

Sometimes you have to make it executable with

chmod +x name_of_file.run

and then run it with

./name_of_file.run

You do need to working in the directory containing the file. Also, if the file is to install something you need to use sudo with all those commands.

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Vojtěch Trefný (vojtech.trefny) said : 		#3

4 Dines: Not wine - wine is for windows things - run file is for linux...

4 Dude:
Go to terminal (Applications→Accesories→Terminal) and use "./file.run" (without quotation marks, use sudo if needed).

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Mike Brown (mslorteau) said : 		#4

Thanks Jim,
But I made sure I was running root and put the .run file in the home folder.
Thanks everyone

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Jim Hutchinson (jphutch) said : 		#5

So did you resolve this or are you still having problems?