install Q

[feddersen]

I'm trying to install a game and the file has the following ending .bz2.run anyone that knows what I need or get it running ??

[jeremy1701]

hmmm... I'm wondering if it's not actually .run.bz2? That's a little more standard. If it is, then run the following commands

tar -jxvf filename.run.bz2
cd /directoty/where/file/was/unzipped
chmod u+x filename.run
./filename.run

What this does is unzip the file, make that file executable, then executes the file.

If the file really is called .bz2.run, then you should be able to skip steps one and two.
Jeremy

[feddersen]

it is .bz2.run
that chmod command line - please specify?? you+x?
when I try ./filename.bz2.run i get permission denied.

[genesus]

you +x


you is your user name, i.e. if you username is hamish then

hamish +x

[jeremy1701]

Somethings wrong, when you type the letter [u], it is replaced with you.
Jeremy

[feddersen]

Ok it works as SU..
Thanks..

[jeremy1701]

okay, the syntax is

chmod [the letter :_u_:]+x filename

Jeremy

[solrac776]

SOLUTION:

First find out what type of file it is

$ file privateer1.0.bz2.run
privateer1.0.bz2.run: Bourne shell script text executable

This will tell you what type of file it is and hence how to use it. In this case, you use bash.
Then chmod it to make it executable

$ chmod u+x privateer1.0.bz2.run
$ ls -l
total 184992
-rw-r--r-x 1 gsolrac gsolrac 189238001 Mar 7 22:35 privateer1.0.bz2.run

Now run it using bash:

$ /bin/bash ./privateer1.0.bz2.run
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing Privateer Remake 1.0 - Base......

Hope this helps.