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frank604

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From: BC, Canada

Registered: 2011-04-20

Posts: 1,212

[Solved] Trouble installing by running a .run file

Hi all,

I've had great success installing the Humble Frozenbyte package on my ubuntu partition but am using my Archlinux partition more. I've tried to install by:
Method 1
su
/filelocation/filename.run

Method 2
sh /filelocation/filename.run

Method 3
sudo sh /filelocation/filename.run

It is executable file under my account ownership. I get error message "cannot execute binary file" no matter how I do this. Can anyone shed some insight as to possible solutions?  I've scoured through searching for keywoards like "how to install .run" and also "cannot execute binary file" but after a few days of searching, there has been no enlightenment.

Last edited by frank604 (2011-05-02 03:55:54)

ngoonee

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Re: [Solved] Trouble installing by running a .run file

Is the file's executable bit set?

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frank604

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From: BC, Canada

Registered: 2011-04-20

Posts: 1,212

Re: [Solved] Trouble installing by running a .run file

Yes it is executable, with all permissions set.  I've checked to also make sure it isn't corrupted.

Last edited by frank604 (2011-05-02 03:52:36)

frank604

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From: BC, Canada

Registered: 2011-04-20

Posts: 1,212

Re: [Solved] Trouble installing by running a .run file

I am a fool!  I just solved this.  When trying to run just /filelocation/filename.run I got another error msg about missing dependency libglade, so I installed the lib32-libglade and all is good.  Sorry for wasting time here, marking as solved.