i cant get fedora core 2 to reconize .bin files.... i have tryed everything i know

recognise? they are executables, just run it. if it's not set as executable...

ok did it ... this is what it still says.... http://img72.exs.cx/img72/1272/error20.jpg

i don't know what program it needs to run...
sorry for being such a newb but this my first time to run red hat... it what im used to....

You cant display those kinds of files through a gui. Do this EXACTLY, go into a terminal (you know what that is right? Usualy its a little monitor thing with a shell on it, or close to it. Now do the following...

$ chmod a+x something.bin
$ ./something.bin

And it should go, but sometimes you need to be in root. soo...

$su
password: << type your root password here.
# ./something.bin

if ./something.bin doesnt work then type

# sh ./something.bin

Reply back when done.

i recently downloaded the realplayer 10 for linux. i am having another problem , the running of the bin file indicates like follows :


[root@localhost tmp]# ./RealPlayer10GOLD.bin
Extracting files for RealPlayer installation...
Error: short read (4296333/7007132 bytes) (Invalid argument)
.sh: line 1: cd: ./hxsetup: No such file or directory
sh: line 1: cd: ./hxsetup: No such file or directory
sh: line 1: cd: ./hxsetup: No such file or directory
sh: line 1: cd: ./hxsetup: No such file or directory
sh: line 1: cd: ./hxsetup: No such file or directory
sh: line 1: cd: ./hxsetup: No such file or directory
sh: line 1: cd: ./hxsetup: No such file or directory
sh: line 1: cd: ./hxsetup: No such file or directory
sh: line 1: cd: ./hxsetup: No such file or directory
sh: line 1: cd: ./hxsetup: No such file or directory
sh: line 1: cd: ./hxsetup: No such file or directory
sh: line 1: cd: ./hxsetup: No such file or directory
sh: line 1: cd: ./hxsetup: No such file or directory
sh: line 1: cd: ./hxsetup: No such file or directory
sh: line 1: cd: ./hxsetup: No such file or directory
sh: line 1: cd: ./hxsetup: No such file or directory
sh: line 1: cd: ./hxsetup: No such file or directory
sh: line 1: cd: ./hxsetup: No such file or directory


is it because the bin file was not downloaded properly, should i re-download and try again. i did all what was told in the beginning by you!!! please do help, old version of real player sux...........

thankx in advance