At 09:36 PM 12/14/02 -0500, R. Bal wrote:
Hi All,Since you put "execute" and "run" in quotes, I wonder if you are referring to something other than running an downloaded application that was compiled for Linux. If you are, please explain further what you mean.
I'm a day old Linux user, and am loving the system performance. Everthing is great, except that I can't seem to get the files I download off the net to "execute". I know where the files are being saved. How do I "run" them? I have a Netscape installer, but can't seem to get it working.
Any suggestions? I'm running Red Hat 8.0.
If not ... if that is what you mean ... you either run it from a command-line prompt (in X, open an xterm or eterm and run it from there), or you add it to your X window-manager's popup menu (comes up with the right mouse button, normally), or you do something specific to the desktop environment (e.g., Gnome or KDE) that you are running. There are also specialized "launcher" applications that emulate some of the click-to-run style of the Windows GUI.
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