Wait a minute...WTF?

[Slayer095]

So i doownloaded the PlaneShift_CBV0.3.018.bin file but is there anything else I need?Like I saw in someone elses toic they get the "Couldn't display "PlaneShift_CBV0.3.018.bin".
I have that same problem so in general...
How do i install this game?
And yes I read the topic about installing thr game and other things but it doesnt make sense to me

[bilbous]

It kind of depends on which flavor of linux you are running, which window manger you use and whether you want any user to be able to play the game. The procedure is essentially the same in all cases but how you get to that point can differ. A little more of that info would help.

[Slayer095]

It kind of depends on which flavor of linux you are running, which window manger you use and whether you want any user to be able to play the game. The procedure is essentially the same in all cases but how you get to that point can differ. A little more of that info would help.

Well It Linux Fedora core 6
Window Manager?Is that my internet browser?If so its FireFox
Well I only use my root account on here so just the only one i have

[Boogieboi]

Your window manager is likely either Gnome or KDE.

Create a user account separate from your root account, set the password to something different from your root password. For operations that need super user privileges, use sudo. That means you type "sudo command" instead of just "command" in the terminal. In Fedora I think sudo needs setup, type this in a terminal window: "echo 'usrname ALL(ALL) ALL' >> /etc/sudoers", replace usrname in that line with whatever your user name is (not root). When using sudo you will be prompted for a password, this is the password of the user you're logged in as, not the root password. Being always logged in as root is never a good idea, and while you're still new to Linux even worse.

About your problem, have you read the instructions in the stickied thread on top of the page? In order to execute the installer .bin you need to type "./PlaneShift_CBV0.3.018.bin" with the ./ in front of the filename. And if you're reading the info in the sticky, you might like to now that in order to check the md5 sum of the installer you type "md5sum PlaneShift_CBV0.3.018.bin". Do these commands while being in the directory in which you have stored the file.

If nothing works for you, and you really like to game, you might want to try this.

[Iledoca Peire]

I had the problem but i solved it by my own.
Login as root, right click planeshift.bin and go to permissions, then tick the "allow this file to be ran as a program" box.
It worked for my Mandriva 2007

[Boogieboi]

typing "sudo chmod +x PlaneShift_CBV0.3.018.bin" in a terminal will accomplish the same thing.

[peeg]

If you're running *Ubuntu - yes. Most other distributions don't have sudo activated by default.

[lirucan]

If you're running *Ubuntu - yes. Most other distributions don't have sudo activated by default.

True, but there is always "su"

[1Samildanach]

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Yeah... It is very, very, very, bad to be root all the time. In fact, it should be avoided as much as possible (though there are times when it is far simpler/easier/faster to get things done that way, and for them you might do so).

*Nix root != (does not equal) windows administrator. Root can -this is no exaggeration- destroy the install/filesystem (and it doesn't take a great deal to do so, just one [wrong?] command) and in some situations can damage hardware (I think...).

In short DO NOT DO I!