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01-08-2004, 04:58 PM	#1
BigEast55 LQ Newbie Registered: Jan 2004 Distribution: Mandrake 9.2 Posts: 2 Rep:	Running/Executing .run files I'm a pretty much a newbie when it comes to linux, but i can kinda use the command line. Heres the issue, i download Return to Castle Wolfenstien : Enemy Territory for linux, and it can as a .run, i am mistifyed as to how to open these files. Set-up: GNOME Mandrake 9.2 Dual-Boot with WinXP

01-08-2004, 05:01 PM	#2
Crashed_Again Senior Member Registered: Dec 2002 Location: Atlantic City, NJ Distribution: Ubuntu & Arch Posts: 3,503 Rep:	chmod u+x *.run ./filename.run

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