How do I install a .RUN file???

thepope · 04-24-2006, 04:48 AM

I have just installed Mepis 3.3 Linux and have downloaded the Americas Army file for Linux armyops250.run from the web. Being new to Linux I have no idea what the file type `run' stands for or how to install the program. When I click on the file it reads the file but dosn't install it. I would be very gratefull if someone could give me some advice.
Thanks

reddazz · 04-24-2006, 04:52 AM

You need to make the file executable ($chmod +x somefile.run) and then to ececute the file you need to do "$sh somefile.run" or "$./somefile.run" from the directory that the file is located.

thepope · 04-24-2006, 05:10 AM

Thanks for that but I have no idea how I go about doing that? I am one of those poor sods who have lived with Windows all his life!! I am not famila with how Linux executes commands or where to do that from. Sorry but I need the baby version :-)

nx5000 · 04-24-2006, 05:20 AM

In general .run are in fact shar (shell archive) file format.
Open an xterm (aka shell aka console) and type:

Code:

sh /path/to/file.run/myfile.run

thepope · 04-24-2006, 05:41 AM

Thanks that worked great!!!