Help me learn to open this file type.

[Gladhatter]

First of all I cannot even determine the file type I am so green at this.

Here is the url to it if some one will idenify it and help me.

http://www.lacie.com/download/driver...n_Linux.tar.gz

Fedora 10 properties seems to think it is an exe or executable.

Firefox tells me it is a .bin.

It has the same icon as system files like chmod and such.

Now I as far as I can tell it has no default program associated with it to open it.

I am about tired of playing now it is 1:30 in the morning and several hours on this one.

I have tried associtate with autorun I think it was and firefox not expecting firefox to open it.

I have tried numberous chmods I have seen suggested.

I have reset properties for it to exectute.

I am out of guesses but I am convinced it is what will make the LaCie big disk USB drive be seen as a network drive on a VMware/fedora installation and thus I will be one step closer to the many years I will spend becoming a Linux master and some day I will be answering these starter questions with glee.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Charlie Swindall

Gladhatter

[MikeTbob]

.tar.gz files are usually the sourcecode of whichever program you are trying to compile. First you must "untar" it because it is compressed like a .zip file. Open a terminal window and change to the directory containing your downloaded file then execute this code,

tar -zxvf IPConfiguration_Linux.tar.gz

This will create a new directory called IPConfiguration_Linux or something similar. After untarring the file then you need to change to the newly created directory which should contain a file called "README", this file should tell you how to configure and install the program.
Good Luck!

[Gladhatter]

.tar.gz files are usually the sourcecode of whichever program you are trying to compile. First you must "untar" it because it is compressed like a .zip file. Open a terminal window and change to the directory containing your downloaded file then execute this code,

tar -zxvf IPConfiguration_Linux.tar.gz

This will create a new directory called IPConfiguration_Linux or something similar. After untarring the file then you need to change to the newly created directory which should contain a file called "README", this file should tell you how to configure and install the program.
Good Luck!

Thank you for your kind response. I assume you did not download the file. It is quite simple to get the file on the desktop or any folder using a couple of the untilies in the GuI or in terminal.

My problem again is: Idenifying the file type. Then determining what program opens this file type or some other means to open files of this type in Linux.

Any help would be appreciated.

[Gladhatter]

The LaCie IP configurator is an easy tool for mapping and configuring the LaCie Ethernet Disks on the network.

Minimum system requirements:
- Windows 98, NT (4.0 or higher), ME, 2000, 2003 Server, XP
- Linux, Any x86-based Linux distribution with GTK+ 2.0, glibc-2.3
- Mac OS X, (10.1 or later)


Should this glibc-2.3 be available in fedora 10? if not where would I find it?

Does this lib indicate the file type?

[HROAdmin26]

Does this lib indicate the file type?

The file is a TAR file that has been gzipped (GZ.) A TAR is a collection of files "rolled" into 1 larger file. Because tar does no compressing, it is then run through GZIP to make it smaller. The rough Windows equivalent is a WinZIP file. Most of this Mike already said. The default "GUI" app will depend on the desktop you're using (Gnome = FileRoller, etc) but you can always use command line - command = tar.

Google > what is a tar.gz file

Once "opened", "extracted", or "unzipped" (however you want to say it), from command line, you run/execute the app via command line. Change directory (cd) to the unzipped folder and:

./IPConfigurator

The Lacie app is just to set an initial IP on your device. I assume you already have it up and running, so this app will not do anything you have not already done in Windows. The screenshot shows the app.

[Gladhatter]

The file is a TAR file that has been gzipped (GZ.) A TAR is a collection of files "rolled" into 1 larger file. Because tar does no compressing, it is then run through GZIP to make it smaller. The rough Windows equivalent is a WinZIP file. Most of this Mike already said.

Google > what is a tar.gz file

The Lacie app is just to set an initial IP on your device. I assume you already have it up and running, so this app will not do anything you have not already done in Windows. The screenshot shows the app.

Thank you kindly. I am familiar with tar. files and most archives to some degree.

extacting this file has not been the issue and I assume you folks think it so simple to execute, run or make the file open that you are missing my point here entirely.

I have ran this app in windows and am comfortable I would think to run it in Linux.

HOWEVER I have NO IDEA how to make it run, execute, open or you choose what ever the correct term here is. I have the file extracted for hours now.

I have archived it as an ISO, I have mounted the tar in a couple programs. Extracted it in various ways.

What I CANNOT DO is get it to run or open. This is a brand new installation of linux RH fedora 10 on vmware and I am brand new to Linux.

So please be patient with me and please understand I wish to run the file not extract it as that was done hours ago.

Thank you in advance to help me to understand how to run this file and idenify the file type so I can associate a program with simialar file types to run in the future or to understand what I am not understanding about making this file execute.

[Gladhatter]

Also if you got that jpg from a linux computer please tell me what to do to this file so it will open for me.

[Gladhatter]

Opps just found the rest of your post. I have tried what you are showing numerous times but it is simply on the desktop. I just downloaded some libs that I may have been missing and can try this again I suppose. I am a bit confused however that while you show this it has no appearant path to the directory you are in. Do you some how open a termninal or is there some other manner to get a command line up to make this ?

[Gladhatter]

no such file or directory is what I get now but am sure I am not somehow finding it from terminal even thought I drag and drop on it.

[Gladhatter]

error while opening shared library. Cannot open shared object file and no such file or directory.

Got to be a simple way to open this file.

I just am missing it and am too simple to understand. Can you please explain it in complete novice terms?