Hi:
I am using Fedora with Gnome and I downloaded the JDK from Sun into my home directory. When I bring up nautilius I see the file in my home directory, but when I click on it I get a window stating:

When I look at the properties of the file, the "Type" is executable and the "MIME Type" is application/x-executable. The permissions are read/write/execute for owner/group/others (777).

When I execute it in a concole, the InstallShield Wizard starts, then states "The installer is unable to run in graphical mode."

How do I simply double-click on this file so it can run in graphical mode and have it install itself?

TIA

- Rolf.

I don't know if you changed permissions so it can execute already.

Then you can run it with

nope, my home directory is executable. I think the problem is that Gnome doesn't know what to do with the file (i.e. the file isn't associated with an application). All I want Gnome to do is to exectue the file directly.

You've got to set the permissions on the downloaded file as well. My home directory is executable as well but I always have to set the permissions for new files that I downloaded. Just try it and if it doesn't work come back, don't post that it doesn't work if you haven't tried. Just see where the problem is in the command line and then think if it might be solvable in the GUI but the GUI is off sometimes.

all you need to do is open a console and type
sh dk-1_5_0-nb-4_0-beta2-bin-linux.bin
to install the program. I'm sure if you read the instructions
for java this is what they tell you to do.

if you don't like this or have a problem try to associate the file with /bin/sh
you won't be able to execute the file by double-clicking it, but you
can do this with rightclick->open with.
The problem is that nautilus, compares the extension of the file with
the magic number of the file (man magic).
The magic number is unknown and nautilus won't let you directy execute the file.'

See http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=257035