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Support => Linux Specific Issues => Topic started by: Duo Maxwell on May 16, 2006, 01:15:08 pm

Title: Installing on ubuntu?
Post by: Duo Maxwell on May 16, 2006, 01:15:08 pm

What up all?

Here's my problem, dled the client and all, figured out how to run the .bin file, now that it's open tho, it's asking me where to install it. It's asking to install in /opt/planeshift, but says I don't have permission to install it there, so I located the /opt folder and checked it's permissions, it's owned by root and thusly won't let me edit it or change permissions. So what do I do from here? I'm a total newb on linux so go easy please.

Title: Re: Installing on ubuntu?
Post by: Wired_Crawler on May 16, 2006, 02:12:08 pm

Hi.

You can:

• give for example "/home/<YourUserName>/planeshift" as install path (or other publicly writable directory) and  answer "No" to question, if You want install PS system wide (preferred way)
• run the installer as root and install the game system wide (answer "Yes" to appropriate question), for example:

sudo ./Planeshift_CBV0.3.014.i686.bin
<enter your password>
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Good luck.

Title: Re: Installing on ubuntu?
Post by: Induane on May 16, 2006, 11:00:46 pm

Ubuntu handles root access through sudo much in the same way that MacOSX does.  To change the permissions of that folder (/opt) then do the following:

Applications ----> Accessories ---> Terminal

This will open a command line interface.  enter the following:

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sudo chmod -r 777 /opt
after that installing to /opt should not be a problem :D