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From the website i downloaded a bittorrent file and downloaded that with azureus. Now i have some wierd shell script called "1708_Linux_VM.bin" but nothing happens when i click on it. What should i do?
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anyone?

Don't double click on it.

Open up a terminal window.

1. First of all, check if it's executable. Navigate to the folder where the file is downloaded, and type:

ls -l 1708_Linux_VM.bin

If you see an x anywhere along the line on the left hand side, e.g: -rwxr-xr-x then proceed to step three, otherwise go to two.

2. Type chmod +x 1708_Linux_VM.bin - this makes the program executable, if it isn't already.

3. Type ./1708_Linux_VM.bin to install, and follow the instructions on the screen.

EDIT: Sorry for posting over you reddazz, didn't know you were posting at the same time :P

You are not supposed to bump your own threads until you have not had a responce for 24 hours (LQ rules). You need to make the files executable by doing "chmod +x 1708_Linux_VM.bin" and then run it by doing "./1708_Linux_VM.bin".

thanx a lot and sorry for bumping (old habit)

No worries, it happens a lot on this site. :)