How to install a .bin file

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malcolmlewis;1932564 Wrote:
> Hi
> Looks like that one needs chmoding
> >
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> >
> chmod 755
> ../RealPlayer11GOLD.bin
>
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> >
> As an aside, I would look at creating a download directory in your
> home
> directory for firefox to download too.
>
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> Cheers Malcolm ��� (Linux Counter #276890)
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linux-rq6t:/home/Mattias # chmod 755
/home/Mattias/Desktop/Realplayer11GOLD.bin
chmod: cannot access `/home/Mattias/Desktop/Realplayer11GOLD.bin': No
such file or directory

linux-rq6t:/home/Mattias # chmod 755 ../RealPlayer11GOLD.bin
chmod: cannot access `../RealPlayer11GOLD.bin': No such file or
directory
Am I doing something wrong here? Thanks for the FF tip btw


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malcolmlewis;1932564 Wrote:
> Hi
> Looks like that one needs chmoding
> >
Code:
--------------------
> >
> chmod 755
> ../RealPlayer11GOLD.bin
>
--------------------
> >
> As an aside, I would look at creating a download directory in your
> home
> directory for firefox to download too.
>
> --
> Cheers Malcolm ��� (Linux Counter #276890)
> openSUSE 11.1 x86 Kernel 2.6.27.7-9-default
> up 1 day 0:48, 3 users, load average: 4.32, 4.36, 4.38
> GPU GeForce 6600 TE/6200 TE - Driver Version: 180.22

linux-rq6t:/home/Mattias # chmod 755
/home/Mattias/Desktop/Realplayer11GOLD.bin
chmod: cannot access `/home/Mattias/Desktop/Realplayer11GOLD.bin': No
such file or directory

linux-rq6t:/home/Mattias # chmod 755 ../RealPlayer11GOLD.bin
chmod: cannot access `../RealPlayer11GOLD.bin': No such file or
directory
Am I doing something wrong here? Thanks for the FF tip btw

Hi
Just copy it to your home directory rather than the desktop, change it
as your user not root! As said in an earlier post use the rpm it's much
easy

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[yu210148]

Should just be a matter of cd'ing into the directory where the .bin file
is then doing the chmod.

Say for example the .bin file is in a directory called
/home/Mattias/download. Open a terminal and type:

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cd /home/Mattias/download

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then do an 'ls' just to double check that it's there.
Assuming that it shows up in the listing you should be able to make it
executable with:


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chmod u+x *.bin

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After that you should be able to run it with:


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./RealPlayer11GOLD.bin

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The only reason I can think of for this not to work would be if the file was owned by a different user. You can check this with

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cd /home/Mattias/download
ls -l

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If it is owned by another user then the chmod could be done by root:

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su
<enter root password>
chmod o+x

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Alternatively, you could change the ownership of the file as root.

If you do the chmod as root it may be a good idea to exit out of root before running the binary, especially if it's an unknown binary.


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[brucecadieux]

Well take it off the desktop and put it in a proper directory aka your
home directory then run the file.


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Moving the file away from the desktop actually helped . Then I
followed yu210148's guide and voila. The program is running


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