*.run files

Nathan Howell nathan at atdot.ca
Tue Jul 24 19:31:58 UTC 2007


Chris Malton wrote:
> However, you'll probably need to do
> 
> sudo ./myrunfile.run
> 
> otherwise the file can't install!

Good point, I didn't think that through very well. Though I seem to 
remember that some apps packaged that way don't need to install, and you 
can usually choose where to install (e.g. ~) anyway. So, as usual, do 
you need sudo? It depends.

Nathan





More information about the ubuntu-users mailing list