Or you can just run "sh linuxq3ademo-1_11-6_x86_gz.sh" (without the
quotes) from a command prompt. I would change the permissions to
executable, myself, but this is another option if for some reason you
can't do the chmod or are uncomfortable doing so.
Jay
"Michael D. Viron" wrote:
>
> Martijn,
>
> First, please try not to post htmlized e-mails to the list as some e-mail clients
>will show all kinds of extra html stuff, the font will be too small to easily read,
>the font will be "grayed" out, or some combination of the three.
>
> To answer the question, do an ls -al linuxq3ademo-1_11-6_x86_gz.sh, and check to
>make sure it does have execute (x) permission. If it doesn't (which is what it sounds
>like), do a "chmod 755 linuxq3ademo-1_11-6_x86_gz.sh" (without the quotes) from a
>command prompt, and then try to run it.
>
> As for what .sh means, typically that is used for shell scripts (or possibly an
>install script).
>
> Michael
>
> --
> Michael Viron
> Senior Systems & Administration Consultant
> Web Spinners, University of West Florida
>
> At 05:20 PM 05/28/2001 +0200, Martijn de Keizer wrote:
> >>>>
>
> Hi all, I am sorry for this question, because you must get it every couple of
>days or so. One of the games that should work well with Linux should be Quake III. I
>downloaded the file: "linuxq3ademo-1_11-6_x86_gz.sh" How to proceed? Linux does not
>seem to be able to execute it. What does the *.sh extension mean? Thanks, MArtijn,
>Amsterdam, The Netherlands PS I do not have a 3d card, but installed OPenGl drivers
>anyway, under WIN 2000 that did the job.....
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