[ubuntu-uk] Just another dumb question from me

2009-03-17 Thread red 
I just downloaded google earth for Linux and it has saved it as a bin file

How do I execute this to a working application?


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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Just another dumb question from me

2009-03-17 Thread Ciaran Mooney 
Hi,

You will need to make the binary file executable first. Right click on
the file, select properties and go to the permissions tab. There
should be a checkbox saying something like Make executable. Tick the
box.

Should then be a case of double clicking on it. Although I'm sure it
depends on Wine, so it may invoke apt-get and install and download
Wine unless it is already bundled with it..


Ciarán


On 3/17/09, red rik_bol...@btinternet.com wrote:
 I just downloaded google earth for Linux and it has saved it as a bin file

 How do I execute this to a working application?


 Thanks

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Just another dumb question from me

2009-03-17 Thread Sean Miller 
Just go to the directory it's in and type sudo chmod 755 whatever.bin

You will be promoted for your password, supply it.

Then you simply type ./whatever.bin

And it should install.

You don't need Wine - it isn't a Windows application, as far as I know.

Sean

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Just another dumb question from me

2009-03-17 Thread Alan Pope 
2009/3/17 Sean Miller s...@seanmiller.net:
 Just go to the directory it's in and type sudo chmod 755 whatever.bin


If it's in your own directory then you shouldn't need sudo.

Cheers,
Al.

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Just another dumb question from me

2009-03-17 Thread Dan Attwood 
You could always add the medibuntu repo and then just apt-get install
googleearth

http://www.medibuntu.org/
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