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Rany .
October 4th, 2009, 09:02 AM
Can someone help me on how to install game wit .run extension
I just downloaded this UFO:Alien Invasion, 397MB from sourceforge.net, filename is ufoai-2.2.1-linux.run but don't know how to use it.
Thanks.

renkinjutsu
October 4th, 2009, 09:16 AM
you can check what it is with the command

file /path/to/ufoai-2.2.1-linux.run
and if it says that it's a POSIX shell script text executable
or something of that sort.. you'd be able to just run it in the terminal with 'sh /path/to/ufoai-2.2.1-linux.run'

or you can make it executable by doing

chmod +x /path/to/ufoai-2.2.1-linux.run
and then try to open the file in the terminal

Rany .
October 4th, 2009, 09:30 AM
Thank you renkinjutsu.
It is POSIX shell script and the installation works fine.