How to run executables with FreeBSD

[Failtacular]

I have FreeBSD, and I don't know how to succesfully run an executable file. It tries to open the file with Mousepad. What should I do?

[MikeTbob]

Hello and Welcome.
Are you talking about .exe files? Those are for Windows and DOS only. You might be able to get it to work with WINE, which you should find in your system repos.

[Failtacular]

actually, there are some executables for linux, such as Mugen

[MikeTbob]

Mugen, the game? That's a DOS game, like I said.

[vigol]

Open a terminal such as xterm

% xterm

Go to target directory such as /bin

% cd /bin

type command name such as ps

% ./ps

some notes:
1- Go to target & append ./ to filename IFF your Directory is not in PATH environment,

% echo $PATH

2- make sure that you or the group you belong to that have enough permission to execute the file

% ls -l filename
-rwxr--r-- 1 userxxx admin 9675 Jan 21 01:25 filename

Following Lines are dedicated to FreeBSD (may or may not work in the other kernels)
1- for running Linux binary you should do a few ...>:
a- Linux binary compatibility is not turned on by default, So you should enable it.
I- first of all check that you have|haven't it in kernel OR have loaded in any way

% kldstat
Id Refs Address    Size     Name
 7    1 0xc24db000 d000     linux.ko

If not:
a1-Temporary - it shall disable after next reboot

kldload linux

a2-always be enabled, add this line to /etc/rc.conf

linux_enable="YES"

a3-statically link Linux binary compatibility into the kernel by adding

options COMPAT_LINUX

to your kernel configuration file, and then compile your kernel.
II- Installing Linux Runtime Libraries

# cd /usr/ports/emulators/linux_base-f10
# make install distclean

III- If you receive this error after running a linux-binary-file

% ./linux-binary-file
ELF binary type not known
Abort

You must run following command before running linux-binary-file

% brandelf -t Linux linux-binary-file

IV-For installing a Linux RPM-based application:

# cd /compat/linux
# rpm2cpio -q < /path/to/linux.archive.rpm | cpio -id

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EXTRA Infos
FreeBSD uses the elf(5) (man 5 elf) format

[Failtacular]

Mugen, the game? That's a DOS game, like I said.

I repeat, THERE IS A LINUX VERSION. When I used Ubuntu, it worked(No, I didn't use WINE)

[vigol]

Try it. I explained about linux(See up)

[Failtacular]

Try it. I explained about linux(See up)

I will. Thx!

[MikeTbob]

I repeat, THERE IS A LINUX VERSION. When I used Ubuntu, it worked(No, I didn't use WINE)

Can you show me where to download it from? Do you already have it installed?? Follow the advice of vigol.....cd to the correct directory and try launching it that way.

[oz]

Six files up from the bottom of this page you can find what is said to be a Linux version of Mugen, but I seriously doubt that it has a file with an .exe extension in it.

That said, I'm not going to download it to check it out.