How to install a .bin from the desktop

[cranecreek]

Not new to linux but the desktop is. How do you install a .bin from the desktop. Just got a new dell with 8.1 Intrepid and I'm clueless. Always done it in the terrminal. A little help please.


Thanks

[ibuclaw]

1. Right-click file, select "Properties"
2. Select the "Permissions" tab
3. Check the "Allow executing file as program" box, then Close.
4. Double-click file
5. Select "Run in Terminal" if it's a CLI .bin installer
   or Select "Run" if it's a GUI .bin installer

Regards
Iain

[colau]

Not new to linux but the desktop is. How do you install a .bin from the desktop. Just got a new dell with 8.1 Intrepid and I'm clueless. Always done it in the terrminal. A little help please.


Thanks

Or

chmod +x file.bin
./file.bin

[drhuid]

Sorry but neither of the above work. After changing to executable I get a failure note "no application is known for this type of file".

[cranecreek]

I wasn't patient so I used the terminal

chmod a+x file.bin
./file.bin

Thanks for the destop answer will try that next time.