application/x-executable --What is it and how do you run it?

[houdi]

Does anyone know what sort of a file-type "application/x-executable" is? How can I run this?

I am in China studying Chinese this semester and am trying to get hooked up to the broadband in my dorm and need to get a program running to do this which involves a "application/x-executable" file.
Thanks!

[devils casper]

application/x-executable is a MIME type and allow applications to run. Which package are you trying to run? Have you tried running it in Terminal/Konsole?

[houdi]

Thanks for your quick reply to my last post, I appreciate that lot!

I was given a .rar file and extracted a .tar file from it, then extracted this MIME file from the tar. package. Below are the files

Linux V1[1].1.1.rar
xrgsu-1.1.1.i386.tar
xrgsu-1.1.1.i386
xrgsu

I am really new to linux. I worked for a few hours on this last night but have no luck. I had no idea what to do with this "xrgsu" file. It is the application/x-executable file. Am I dealing with this package the right way?

[daark.child]

Enter the command

file xrgsu

That should tell you what type of file it is. If its a program or shell script, you probably can run it by doing

./xrgsu

[houdi]

Thanks guys, I am now having a problem with a libpcap file that is supposed to work with the xrgsu one, it seems like this is neverending. I have discovered that this is not an uncommon problem it seems for linux users here, so I have been able to get some help from posts on chinese sites.
Thanks!