.exe's

CellBlock420 · 08-23-2012, 01:48 PM

Hey everyone, newbie here. I'm trying to run the Universal-USB-Installer.exe and am having some trouble. I changed the permissions on the file and still have no luck. When I double click on the icon all that happens is that the terminal opens with no blinking cursor or anything.
Anyone have any ideas?

byannoni · 08-23-2012, 01:55 PM

It is probably made for Windows, so you need to run it on Windows. Usually, '.exe' means it runs on Windows, not Linux.

ac_kumar · 08-23-2012, 02:08 PM

.exe are windows executable files.
for what purpose you are trying to install .exe software ?

byannoni · 08-23-2012, 02:10 PM

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Originally Posted by ac_kumar

.exe are windows executable files.
for what purpose you are trying to install .exe software ?

Universal-USB-Installer.exe is used to make bootable Linux USB's.

pixellany · 08-23-2012, 02:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by byannoni

Universal-USB-Installer.exe is used to make bootable Linux USB's.

Umm...so it does that on a Windows machine???

byannoni · 08-23-2012, 02:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pixellany

Umm...so it does that on a Windows machine???

Yes

LinuxLover! · 08-23-2012, 02:20 PM

I'll take a wild swing and suggest maybe using Wine, assuming you want to run the .exe on emulated environment and not a native Windows machine.

CellBlock420 · 08-23-2012, 02:45 PM

Ok, guys, I guess I should've been a little clearer; lesson learned.
I have an old pc that I am running lubuntu 12.04 on because of severely limited ram resources.
Once I upgrade (probaly this coming week), I plan on installing ubuntu 12.04. I have the .iso downloaded and want to use the Universal-USB-Installer to mount the .iso on my usb stick. For some reason the installer doesn't come with a linux version that I know of.
So I need a way to run the .exe on linux or a linux version of the installer.
Or another way of mounting the .iso on my usb stick.
Hopefully this explanation is a little more in depth.
Thank you for the help guys.

LinuxLover! · 08-23-2012, 02:57 PM

Just use unetbootin:
http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/

Make sure the jump drive you burn the ISO's on is vfat

byannoni · 08-23-2012, 03:04 PM

Warning: THIS WILL ERASE YOUR FLASHDRIVE

You could do this if there is nothing important on the flashdrive:

Code:

sudo dd if=/path/to/iso of=/dev/sd<flashdrive_letter>

CellBlock420 · 08-23-2012, 03:06 PM

Once again, sorry guys. After I posted the last posting, I read about wine. I am currently installing wine as we speak.
Thanks for the help guys!
I'm sure you'll be hearing from me again in the near future.

John VV · 08-23-2012, 04:42 PM

why not just use the Linux tools ALREADY in Ubuntu
or
the native Linux tools that are in the ubuntu documentation

running a MS windows program in wine on Linux to make a Linux bootable usb ON LINUX to install linux

is very round about

just use
http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/
there is a Linux version
and windows and a Mac version

TobiSGD · 08-24-2012, 09:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by byannoni

You could do this if there is nothing important on the flashdrive. *THIS WILL ERASE YOUR FLASHDRIVE*:

Code:

sudo dd if=/path/to/iso of=/dev/sd<flashdrive_letter>

This works only with hybrid-ISOs. For some unknown reason Ubuntu has no hybrid-ISOs, so this will not work with Ubuntu.

byannoni · 08-24-2012, 09:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by John VV

why not just use the Linux tools ALREADY in Ubuntu

Good point, doesn't Ubuntu have a start-up USB creator specifically for Ubuntu images?