hmmm, the ls output you show doesn't show that the file is executable, you
might wanna try that :-)
chmod 766 so-5_2-ga-bin-linux-en.bin
and then
./so-5_2-ga-bin-linux-en.bin
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On Tue, 4 Jul 2000, Rod Roark wrote:
> It's probably a .tar or .tar.gz. The CD has a directory with a couple
> hundred files in it (including a README) that you install from.
>
> -- Rod
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>
> On Mon, 03 Jul 2000, you wrote:
> > Hello All:
> >
> > I hope that my simple question will be forgiven on such a slow day :-)
> > I downloaded SO5.2 as a single file for my RH 6.1 Linux box.
> >
> > The file looks like this: so-5_2-ga-bin-linux-en.bin. I'm used to tar
> > and rpm files that are d/l but not this type. According to Sun's web
> > site directions I'm supposed to run this in the c/l. Well, I tried that
> > and others and this is what I got:
> >
> > [root@antioch StarOffice]# ll
> > total 95436
> > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 97621364 Jul 3 09:55
> > so-5_2-ga-bin-linux-en.bin
> > [root@antioch StarOffice]# so-5_2-ga-bin-linux-en.bin
> > bash: so-5_2-ga-bin-linux-en.bin: command not found
> > [root@antioch StarOffice]# ./so-5_2-ga-bin-linux-en.bin
> > bash: ./so-5_2-ga-bin-linux-en.bin: Permission denied
> >
> > As you can see I'm running as root and in the dir of the file.
> >
> > Where am I going wrong here? A search of Sun's site didn't reveal much
> > help at all.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Mike
>
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