I’ve downloaded what is supposed to be an excutable file from here… Downloads - potatomushclient - Download links for Potato - A graphical MUSH client for Windows and Linux - Google Project Hosting but it says there is no program to run it… so what do I do??
So, in order to install a binary file, most often you must open up a terminal session, become root and type in the name of the file to run it. You did not mention anything about openSUSE or Desktop being used. So, lets suppose the file name is potato-2.0.0b9-linux, your user name is grrrlshapedthing (kind of long as I would use a shorter one myself), you downloaded the file to your local Downloads folder and you use KDE. Then lets do:
Alt-F2 (To open a command window and press <enter> after each following command)
konsole
In terminal you type:
su -
password:
cd /home/grrrlshapedthing/Downloads
sh ./potato-2.0.0b9-linux
I know nothing about this file or any other requirements. You always load binary files at your own risk.
Thank You,
So it was pointed out to me today that its not a good idea to run an unknown binary file as root. Further, you would expect some sort of document file that would tell you how to install this file properly into your computer for any respectable software release. Finally, it appears you can’t get this to work in openSUSE due to missing something called tk. It might exist in Ubuntu, but not openSUSE. I found a link on tk here:
The Linux Tcl and Tk HOWTO: What is Tcl/Tk
So, don’t install unknown binary files and certainly don’t do so as root.
Thank You,