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Asked by Calculai

How do I open .run files? I'm running on Ubuntu linux 7.04 but I don't know how to open .run files it says:

Could not open the file /home/jans6049/Desktop/t…s-1.1.0-installer.x86.run.
gedit has not been able to detect the character coding.
Please check that you are not trying to open a binary file.
Select a character coding from the menu and try again.

I stopped using my Ati Radeon 9250 to use my Ati Rage Pro 128 because I couldn't install my video drivers.

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Best Sam Cater (wraund-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#1

this is fairly easy. open a terminal and use the 'cd' command to get into the directory with the .run file in it.

then run the command 'chmod +x #programname'

then run 'sudo ./#programname' (the ./ is needed)

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Calculai (calculer) said : 		#2

I just tryed that with tremulous-1.1.0-installer.x86.run and it didn't work. Heres what I got:

jans6049@jans6049-desktop:~$ cd
jans6049@jans6049-desktop:~$ chmod +x #tremulous-1.1.0-installer.x86.run
chmod: missing operand after `+x'
Try `chmod --help' for more information.
jans6049@jans6049-desktop:~$ sudo ./#tremulous-1.1.0-installer.x86
sudo: ./#tremulous-1.1.0-installer.x86: command not found
jans6049@jans6049-desktop:~$

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Calculai (calculer) said : 		#3

Thanks Sam Cater, that solved my question.

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Götz Christ (g-christ) said : 		#4

By the way, Tremulous is in the Ubuntu repository...

jans6049@jans6049-desktop:~$ sudo aptitude install tremulous

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Barry Thompson (barry-t) said : 		#5

  I have tried to change character coding from currant locale (utf-8) to Western (ISO-8859-15) does not work. I am new with ubuntu & have followed steps at http://techreviews.in/installing-free-bitdefender-anti-virus-on-ubuntu-904/ !!!!!
 I am getting a options window
 Do you want to run "BitDefender-Antivirus-Scanner-7.6-4.linux-gcc4x.i586.deb.run", or display its contents?

"BitDefender-Antivirus-Scanner-7.6-4.linux-gcc4x.i586.deb.run" is an executable text file.

 1)run in terminal 2)display 3)cancel 4)run

I am getting message, Could not open the file /media/5630682330680C75/….linux-gcc4x.i586.deb.run using the Western (ISO-8859-15) character coding.