installing executable file

[sam_m]

hi. am just new to linux and i have a university project so i need to install an program which is of type x-executable .when i double click over it nothing happens.
when i right click and click properties-->open with i got "no application selected"..so what is the application used to open this type of programs..any help is greatly appreciated..10x

[CharlesA]

What is the filename? There are .deb, .run and .sh files that you can execute.

[nem75]

Hi. With Linux it's generally a better idea to install applications via the package manager (Synaptic in Ubuntu's case) than manually, especially if you're new to the OS.

A bit mor info might help. What's the name of the program, in which shape or form did it come and where did you get it?

[sam_m]

thanks for ur fast reply..the file name is pipechar it is networking tool for getting delay and available bandwidth ....etc
the original file i downloaded called ncs-linux.tgz the i unpacked it with tar xvzf...
the extracted folder called linux.i686 and inside it a folder called bin and inside bin there are several applications having a diamond shape
here is the link http://www-didc.lbl.gov/NCS/download/ it is ncs-Linux.tgz.

[CharlesA]

It looks like it is a python script.

You'd run it by typing:


python ncsc.py

into a terminal.

[sam_m]

i did that ..i got a msg saying
{Traceback (most recent call last):
File "ncsc.py", line 10, in <module>
import netlogger
ImportError: no module named netlogger}

and btw i need to run pipechar not ncsc

[sam_m]

hi. am just new to linux and i have a university project so i need to install an program which is of type x-executable .when i double click over it nothing happens.
when i right click and click properties-->open with i got "no application selected"..so what is the application used to open this type of programs..any help is greatly appreciated..10x
i downloaded the file from http://www-didc.lbl.gov/NCS/download/ (http://www-didc.lbl.gov/NCS/download/)
it is ncs-linux.tgz

[sam_m]

when extracted i need the file named pipechar

[ibuclaw]

Since there is no configure/makefile, and all seem to be executables, what you would do is create a "bin" folder in your home directory, and install them there.

If you only need pipechar, then the steps I did:


wget http://www-didc.lbl.gov/NCS/download/ncs-Linux.tgz
tar -xf ncs-Linux.tgz

mkdir ~/bin
install linux.i686/bin/pipechar ~/bin

source ~/.profile


Regards
Iain

[CharlesA]

Then run pipechar.

What's the problem?

[3rdalbum]

You can run programs by dragging them to the terminal, assuming that they have execute permission.

If they don't have execute permission, then:


chmod +x <drag file to the terminal>

You can do that in the GUI as well, but it's quicker to do on the command-line.

[Sef]

Duplicate Thread; merged.