Game Installation

[wolf_3d]

I'm trying to install Enemy Territory. The file et-linux-2.60.x86.run is some sort of shell script. But i have no idea how to run it. I have looked on the net on how to run shell scripts but don't seem to be getting very far.

[geo926]

Open a Terminal window Accessories->Terminal, then type su root It should prompt you for the root password, enter it then type sh et-linux-2.60.x86.run It should bring up the installer after that!:KS

[wolf_3d]

thx for the reply. However there appears to be another problem. I type in the terminal what you said: su root and then it asks for a password (which is the same one i entered at the login screen yeah?) but when i start typing nothing appears on the screen.:???:

[installer]

thx for the reply. However there appears to be another problem. I type in the terminal what you said: su root and then it asks for a password (which is the same one i entered at the login screen yeah?) but when i start typing nothing appears on the screen.:???:

Yes that's normal :)

[wolf_3d]

Well i get this error message when i press return. The message says;

su: Authentication failure
Sorry.

but it IS the correct password i used to login. The password dosen't even appear as im typing it. There's just this black cursor that just sits there. :(

[Horndog]

su: Authentication failure
Sorry.

That's because there is no root account set up which is default for Ubuntu. Use: sudo

[wolf_3d]

ok i get this message and then i type: sh et-linux-2.60.x86.run and it says there is no such file or directory. But the file is sitting on my desktop!

john@ubuntu:~$ sudo
usage: sudo -K | -L | -V | -h | -k | -l | -v
usage: sudo [-HPSb] [-p prompt] [-u username|#uid]
{ -e file [...] | -i | -s | <command> }
john@ubuntu:~$ sh et-linux-2.60.x86.run
sh: et-linux-2.60.x86.run: No such file or directory
john@ubuntu:~$

[Horndog]

Try this:

sudo ./et-linux-2.60.x86.run

Make sure that script has execution privileges.

[wolf_3d]

nope....unfortunately getting this message:

john@ubuntu:~$ sudo ./et-linux-2.60.x86.run
Password:
sudo: ./et-linux-2.60.x86.run: command not found
john@ubuntu:~$

[Horndog]

nope....unfortunately getting this message:

john@ubuntu:~$ sudo ./et-linux-2.60.x86.run
Password:
sudo: ./et-linux-2.60.x86.run: command not found
john@ubuntu:~$

What directory is the file in? The terminal has to be in the directory of the file.
If the file is on your desktop then:
john@ubuntu:~$ cd Desktop
Then:
john@ubuntu:~/Desktop$ sudo ./et-linux-2.60.x86.run

[akiro.yamamoto]

Go to the directory that you downloaded the file to then:

chmod a+x *.run
sudo ./et-linux-2.60.x86.run


I hope that helps.. ;)

[threethirty]

The only thing that I've ever done with .run files is double click on it. It is supposed to all of that itself. It's like a .exe in Windows

[wolf_3d]

The only thing that I've ever done with .run files is double click on it. It is supposed to all of that itself. It's like a .exe in Windows

Yeah that was the first thing i did - i just assumed it would run - like windows. Anyway, when i double click on the file Gedit runs - starts trying to read the file then after a 1 minute pause returns an error message saying that i need to assign an appropriate program to deal with shell script. Since i'm a complete noob to linux i'm not sure which program to assign it to.

What directory is the file in? The terminal has to be in the directory of the file.
If the file is on your desktop then:
Code:

john@ubuntu:~$ cd Desktop

Then:
Code:

john@ubuntu:~/Desktop$ sudo ./et-linux-2.60.x86.run

OK thank you i will try once i get home and report back.

[wolf_3d]

ok thank you very much akiro.yamamoto for that. The command worked perfectly and installation succeeded. Now there is a new problem. I need to install the proper NVIDIA drivers for my graphics card - because i can't run the game without the OpenGL and the generic drivers are useless. So i downloaded the drivers from the website and i need to install them. I have successfuly managed to get to the root (why didn't this work before? well i didn't set a password in the Users Group) and i get this error message:

ERROR: Unable to find the system utility `ld`; please make sure you have the
package 'binutils' installed. If you do have binutils installed,
then please check that `ld` is in your PATH.

OK

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