secondlife: which file in a download is the ¨exe"file?

Asked by John Henrichs

I am used to using Windows, and when I download a program, there is an ¨EXE"file to install it.

How do I install a file in Ubuntu?

~There is nothing to setup a program there. Take for instance Second Life.

Which part of the files actually install the program?

Truth be told, I love this OS and would use it more if I understood it.

Thanks in advance for your help!

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
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What is the output of:

lsb_release -a; uname -a

Thanks

Most of what you need is more than likely in the repos but we shall see.

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mycae (mycae) said :
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Normally, under linux systems, you don't download an installer. The installer is integrated into the operating system, you can browse through packages that are supplied from the package manager, which has an interface called "software centre" (or the more advanced and powerful "synaptic" program).

This model is now starting to be used in major OSs ( and goes under the alias of an "application store"), as it is vital to system security.

So its considered unusual to download a file from the internet as an "exe" - this is because the problem is that you will be running a computer program that you cannot verify what it is or does, and will just simply run it - a major security problem (think viruses, spyware etc).

You can add other programs directly from the internet by either.
1) Using an installation "package" known as a "deb" (debian package).
2) Downloading an executable (aka binary) as you have done
3) compiling the program source code that the developer has written

So, to get to your program, one of these will have something called the "executable permission" set; in nautilus, it will usually show up as a diamond with gear icons, and will have the word "executable" if you are in list view. You can see the permissions by right clicking the file, selecting properties, then going to the permissions tab

Example image:
http://imagepaste.nullnetwork.net/viewimage.php?id=3248

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
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If you run in a terminal:

sudo apt-get install unp
wget http://download.cloud.secondlife.com/Viewer-3/SecondLife-i686-3.2.6.248086.tar.bz2
unp ./SecondLife-i686-3.2.6.248086.tar.bz2
rm ./SecondLife-i686-3.2.6.248086.tar.bz2
cd SecondLife-i686-3.2.6.248086/
sudo ./install.sh

It will install.

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John Henrichs (capnjon) said :
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No luck on this end. I guess I am not used to Ubuntu yet. I grew up on Basic and sadly got into Windows, and lost my way. Thanks for the help, I´ll keep experimenting

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
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What is to experiment with. I gave the commands to run. If you can't sequentially run GIVEN commands then I despair..

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mycae (mycae) said :
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Hi John,

Can you explain what steps you have taken, and what did or did not work. Please include any error messages you may or may not have encountered.

it is difficult to understand your context from your previous message, and thus hard to replicate the setup on your system. replicating your setup is key to solving this problem.

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John Henrichs (capnjon) said :
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LOL, don´t despair! My mind was firmly planted ¨up my Windows¨ I get it,
now. Thanks for your help! All is well, thanks again!

On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 12:01 PM, actionparsnip <
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> Your question #187126 on file-roller in Ubuntu changed:
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> What is to experiment with. I gave the commands to run. If you can't
> sequentially run GIVEN commands then I despair..
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