[ubuntu-uk] Running a .run file -- Permission denied & command not found

[Chris Penston]

right click on the .run file.  change permissions to allow to open as an executable file (can't remember the exact terminology) but there is a check box to tick.  Close then double click and choose to run in a terminal.  It should then work.

Chris




From: biot023 at gmail.com
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 12:26:13 +0100
To: ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com
Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Running a .run file -- Permission denied & command not	found

Hi -- I'm trying to install Shoes (http://shoooes.net/) on Ubuntu Ibex, and am running into a few problems.
The way to install Shoes on a Linux system is with a .run file, and the instructions there say little more than double-click it.


When I try that, I get gedit complaining that it can't read the character encoding of the file, so I think that it's time to try the trusty terminal, with little concern for the flagrant alliteration.
The .run file is saved in a subdir of my home directory, btw, and was saved to there by the current user (me).



When I try "./shoes2.run", I get the following output: "bash: ./shoes2.run: Permission denied".
So, for completeness' sake, I try "sudo ./shoes.run", and then get: "sudo: ./shoes2.run: command not found".



Can anyone advise me on what to try next?
Thanks very much,
   Doug.

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