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Old 08-12-2005, 01:01 PM   #1
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installer files


I downloaded a game called tremulous and it came as the following file:
tremulous-q3-1.0.0-installer.x86.run

how do I install this kind of file?
Thanks
 
Old 08-12-2005, 01:24 PM   #2
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Be warned that random files you get off the internet are dangerous. Also note that linux, unlike windows, doesn't care what the extension on a filename is. It just has to be set as executable as one of it's attributes.

chmod 0755 tremulous-q3-1.0.0-installer.x86.run
./tremulous-q3-1.0.0-installer.x86.run
 
Old 08-12-2005, 02:27 PM   #3
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Just as a note, this isn't a random file, it is for a new game that hit the Happy Penguin front page today:
http://www.happypenguin.org/show?Tremulous
It seems like it could be quite fun.
If you run into any problems running the file I imagine their homepage has lotsa documentation.
 
Old 08-12-2005, 06:29 PM   #4
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thanks for your help
 
  


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