I bought X-plane 8 from Laminar research but have run into a problem. On the DVD there is a file called installer_linux which the readme says I should run. It doesn't have an extention and the properties indicate that it is an "ELF 32-bit installer. The icon of the file is a small blue gear. It seems like my system does not know which application to use to run the file because when I double-click on it nothing happens. When selecting "Open with.." it wants me to select an application to open the file with. How do I install this?

Thanks

Cobus

BTW, I am a newbie so excuse me if this is a stupid question.

Just open a xterm, kterm or whatever a terminal window is called, then execute as "/insert/full/path/to/installer_linux"