Stupid installation

Guess_Who · #1 25th June 2006, 05:36 AM

I know I've done it before (in the distant past), but I can't remember how to install .run files for my life.

I downloaded alienarena, and I can remember how to install.

If I typ

Code:

./*.run

then it gives me a permission error (when I'm logged in as root).

Could someone help me out? Thanks a bunch

Guess_Who · #2 25th June 2006, 05:42 AM

never mind, i got it.

how stupid could I be to forget about the install command. lol

commonplace · #3 1st July 2006, 05:21 PM

So, how DO you do it? I"m glad you remembered, but I'd like to know, too.

commonplace · #4 1st July 2006, 05:29 PM

Okay, looks like you

su -

and then

sh /foo/bar/foobar.run

(i.e. the path to the .run file)

Then it starts a graphical installer. Nice.

Guess_Who · #5 2nd July 2006, 02:51 AM

um, I just used the install command like i said above. I don't know if you need to be root but I probably was.

Code:

install /home/user/Downloads/file.run