Sorry for late reply - evolution keeps locking up on me... back in windows now..
Anyway, Thanks for that Steve - that got my app installed. Next week I'll hopefully get it running the way I want. Regards, Bryce Stenberg IT Department Harness Racing New Zealand Inc. >-----Original Message----- >From: steve [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Friday, 10 July 2009 2:01 p.m. >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: Installing application supplied with .run file? > >Could be it doesn't have permission to run, or isn't in the path... > >in a command terminal, try > >chmod +x <filename>.run >sudo ./<filename>.run > >Stee > >On Fri, 2009-07-10 at 13:53 +1200, Bryce Stenberg wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm back playing with ubuntu again today. >> I want to install the main application we use - it has a linux client >> that is supplied as a .run file. >> I read that this can be installed by saving it to my desktop, right >> clicking it and saying 'open in terminal'. >> This appears to work with trying to install it. >> However, it is running into problems I think, in that it wants to >> install to the /opt directory and the terminal window that opened from >> the right click does not have permission to write to this directory. >> >> I've tried running it from a terminal window with sudo but I must be >> missing something as that doesn't fire it up. What application do I tell >> it to use to install the .run file? I tried dpkg but I can't make that >> launch the application installer like the right click -> open in >> terminal did. >> >> Can anyone give me a clue please? >> >> Regards, >> Bryce Stenberg. >> >> >> >> DISCLAIMER: If you have received this email in error, please notify us >immediately by reply email, facsimile or collect telephone call to +64 3 >9641200 and destroy the original. Please refer to full DISCLAIMER at >http://www.hrnz.co.nz/eDisclaimer.htm >> >> >> >> >> >-- >Steve Holdoway <[email protected]> >http://www.greengecko.co.nz >MSN: [email protected] >GPG Fingerprint = B337 828D 03E1 4F11 CB90 853C C8AB AF04 EF68 52E0 DISCLAIMER: If you have received this email in error, please notify us immediately by reply email, facsimile or collect telephone call to +64 3 9641200 and destroy the original. Please refer to full DISCLAIMER at http://www.hrnz.co.nz/eDisclaimer.htm
