[Solved] Setup file from a trusted third-party installer
john d. herron
paradox.herron at bluewin.ch
Tue Dec 1 05:04:19 UTC 2009
I followed Myriam's directions, in particular the chmod +x to make the
script executable,
then ran the resulting (java) script from a terminal with no problem.
By the way, Murray: The 'file xyz_setup.bin' command returned
'POSIX shell script text executable'
Thanks to you all!
john
On 11/27/2009 08:17 PM, Murray Colpman wrote:
> Also you don't need the sudo on the chmod command if you own the file,
> and you will probably need sud
>
> 2009/11/27 Reinhold Rumberger <rrumberger at web.de>
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>> Am Freitag 27 November 2009 schrieb john d. herron:
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>>> Hi, all.
>>> From a trusted website I've just downloaded a setup file with a
>>> name like "xyz_setup.bin" which will, if I understand correctly,
>>> create some sort of java browser.
>>> There are no instructions on how to set it up, but its icon looks
>>> like that of an ordinary bash script.
>>> Any suggestions on how I should proceed?
>>>
>> You may want to check the file type by using the command:
>> file xyz_setup.bin
>>
>> --Reinhold
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