cd to the dir with the .bin file in it...
chmod 777 rp8_setup_####_arch.bin
then ./rp8_setup_####_arch.bin
then it'll work
On Sat, 2002-05-18 at 21:10, Roger Sherman wrote:
> On Sat, 18 May 2002, Thomas Beno wrote: > > > mike wrote: > > > > >Thomas Beno wrote: > > > > > >>I downloaded Real Player 8 for Linux file rp8_linux_alpha_rh62_cs1.bin > > >> According to Linux Newbie.com all I was supposed to do was double click > > >>on the file and it would install. Well, since it didn't, I have not > > >>done something right or I've done something wrong. Either way, I am not > > >>installing the program. Did I download the wrong version of the > > >>program? Am I not using the correct procedure to install a binary file? > > >> I would really appreciate some help with this. I am and probably will > > >>be for some time a newbie to Linux. > > >> > > >>Tom Beno > > >> > > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > >>Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > >>Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > >> > > > > > > > > >Hi tom, > > > > > >the one I installed was rp8_linux20_libc6_i386_cs.bin > > > > > >it works fine in 8.0 and 8.2 > > > > > >look for that one > > > > > >Mike McNeese > > > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > > I downloaded that file and put it in a temp directory. I double clicked > > on it but nothing happened. Any suggestions? > > > > Tom Beno > > > Did you try it from the command line? > >> ----
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> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
