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Linux Specific Issues / Re: Problem with permissions
« on: January 13, 2008, 07:09:48 pm »
I think the problem is you ran the installer as root, so all the files were created with root permissions. Just do
Of course, I'm assuming starfire is your username. If not, just replace starfire:starfire with your username:groupname.
I'm also assuming the problem directory is PlaneShift.
You could also run the same command on your downloads directory just to be sure (nothing will happen in the worst case).
Finally, run
to see if there are any files or directories that don't belong to you on your home folder, and if so, change their owner, too. They should all say "starfire starfire" on the third column.
Remember to only do this to the files you're supposed to own. That is, don't do this to anything outside your home directory, unless you really know what you're doing.
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$ sudo chown -R starfire:starfire /home/starfire/PlaneShift/Of course, I'm assuming starfire is your username. If not, just replace starfire:starfire with your username:groupname.
I'm also assuming the problem directory is PlaneShift.
You could also run the same command on your downloads directory just to be sure (nothing will happen in the worst case).
Finally, run
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$ ls -l to see if there are any files or directories that don't belong to you on your home folder, and if so, change their owner, too. They should all say "starfire starfire" on the third column.
Remember to only do this to the files you're supposed to own. That is, don't do this to anything outside your home directory, unless you really know what you're doing.
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Linux Specific Issues / Re: how install?
« on: January 13, 2008, 07:05:04 pm »
Also a bit off-topic, but you should try to get acquainted with the way the command line works here. There are many guides on the net and many of them are quite newb-friendly without being patronizing. Just google for information and you'll have so much of it your biggest problem will be which guide to pick. Also it's fun to experiment.
Cheers!
Cheers!
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Linux Specific Issues / Re: Won't install on Ubuntu.
« on: January 13, 2008, 06:58:31 pm »
The .BIN file is an installer. You're not supposed to open it with another program, but run it. When you used the chmod command you didn't open it; you made it executable. Now, all you have to do is run it from the terminal. Now, if you try to do something like:
it will say it can't find the program. That's because your environment is not configured to look for programs in the folder you have the installer. Yes, it's right there, but that's a security measure. Imagine what would happen if we were able to execute every file we have on our home folders, imagine one of those files has a trojan or something evil. That's why the system makes sure we will know what we're doing. Okay, so what to do? We tell bash where the executable we want to run is:
Notice the ' ./ '. That's means 'current folder', so what we're telling bash is: "execute file /whateverthecurrentfolderis/PlaneShift_CBV0.3.020-x64.bin"
Alternatively, you could just tell it the full path, like this (remember you don't type the $, that's just to show the command promt:
or
etc, etc.
Try one of those and see if it works.
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you@ubuntu:~$ PlaneShift_CBV0.3.020-x64.binit will say it can't find the program. That's because your environment is not configured to look for programs in the folder you have the installer. Yes, it's right there, but that's a security measure. Imagine what would happen if we were able to execute every file we have on our home folders, imagine one of those files has a trojan or something evil. That's why the system makes sure we will know what we're doing. Okay, so what to do? We tell bash where the executable we want to run is:
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you@ubuntu:~$ ./PlaneShift_CBV0.3.020-x64.binNotice the ' ./ '. That's means 'current folder', so what we're telling bash is: "execute file /whateverthecurrentfolderis/PlaneShift_CBV0.3.020-x64.bin"
Alternatively, you could just tell it the full path, like this (remember you don't type the $, that's just to show the command promt:
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$ /home/you/downloads/PlaneShift_CBV0.3.020-x64.binor
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$ /media/windows/downloads/PlaneShift_CBV0.3.020-x64.binetc, etc.
Try one of those and see if it works.
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