[SOLVED] How to make a bin file an executable?

MWH · 03-11-2010, 09:58 AM

I have downloaded google earth in a bin file but I don't know how to convert it into an executable file. Can someone please answer my problem?

rn_ · 03-11-2010, 10:06 AM

chmod +x filename

jefro · 03-11-2010, 05:22 PM

Do a ls -l to see before and after.

Might have to use it under su or sudo and put a ./ before the bin file.

MWH · 03-12-2010, 07:53 AM

Thanks Jefro I got it. "M_" I don't know, your way is not working. After I give the command on the terminal, it automatically comes to the usual "[WOT@DINN]$" line and nothing happens.

pixellany · 03-12-2010, 08:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MWH

Thanks Jefro I got it. "M_" I don't know, your way is not working. After I give the command on the terminal, it automatically comes to the usual "[WOT@DINN]$" line and nothing happens.

If you enter "chmod +x filename", you will not see any feedback. That's why you need "ls -l" to verify. Example:

Code:

[mherring@Ath stuff2]$ ls -l
total 4
-rw-r--r-- 1 mherring users 200 Mar 11 19:43 alphlink
[mherring@Ath stuff2]$ chmod +x alphlink
[mherring@Ath stuff2]$ ls -l
total 4
-rwxr-xr-x 1 mherring users 200 Mar 11 19:43 alphlink
[mherring@Ath stuff2]$

MWH · 03-14-2010, 09:55 AM

Quote:

If you enter "chmod +x filename", you will not see any feedback. That's why you need "ls -l" to verify.

Thanks Pixellany for showing me my mistake. Actually first of all what I did was entering chmod +x <file_name> and when I saw there is no feedback I tend to do Jefro's method. So even though I thought earlier it did not work, I have entered ./<file_name> after that so then the executable was created.

So correct me if I am wrong ,

to make an executable from a bin file

1.type chmod +x <filename>
2.then type ls -l to verify
3.then type ./<file_name> to create the executable,

in terminal.

pixellany · 03-14-2010, 10:11 AM

Step 3 RUNS the executable file...

When a file is first created (assuming that it is intended to be an executable) it will have the required code.
chmod only sets the flags so that the system will allow the file to be executed.