[SOLVED] linux(uubuntu distro) newbie.... help apriciated.

[v0rt3x]

hi all, I was just wondering, i've played tremulous on my mac, and it's RAM wasn't that good, so I want to install it on a linux os... the catch? i know nothing of linux exept a tiny weeny bit of basic commands, down get too hard i'm only a 13 yr old kid=[ but with that said, please can someone tell me how to install tremulous, downloaded it, but when I try to execute it I get the error message "Could not open the file /home/chris/tremulous-1.1.0-installer.x86.run.
gedit has not been able to detect the character coding.
Please check that you are not trying to open a binary file.
Select a character coding from the menu and try again."
:-?

[v0rt3x]

update: working but slow as hell... so thanks for looking

[next_ghost]

Trem installer IS a binary file. At least partially. It's a short script with tar archive inside.

Open terminal (Konsole, xterm or whatever you have) and type (copy and paste):

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chmod a+x /home/chris/tremulous-1.1.0-installer.x86.run
Press Enter and then try to run it again. This command will let you execute the installer.

It means:
chmod - command for changing file permissions
a+x - give (+) everyone (a) execute permissions (x)
/home/chris/tremulous-1.1.0-installer.x86.run - list of files or directories you want to change

[NotMexel]

I am having the same problem, chmod did not work. It always wants to open with the default text editor. How can I open it?

[Taiyo.uk]

I am having the same problem, chmod did not work. It always wants to open with the default text editor. How can I open it?

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[user@host]$ bash ./tremulous-1.1.0-installer.x86.run

[Caveman]

While it certainly is nice you guys are helping them to get _this_ problem solved, it will not actually help them understanding what they are doing.

It would be better if they either stay on their old OS if they can't be bothered to read up on the manual/howtos from ubuntu, which by the way are excelent.

[NotMexel]

Alright I solved the problem, the chmod m+x didnt work but doing this did.

Anyone else having the same problem where it opens with Gedit, open up a root terminal.

We will assume your tremulous installer is on the desktop by the way. Type:

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chmod +x /home/username/Desktop/tremulous-1.1.0-installer.x86.run


Now we have permission, now lets run the installer.

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/home/username/Desktop/tremulous-1.1.0-installer.x86.run


This worked for me. I havent tried the bash thinkg taiyo.uk, but I assume it would also work.

[next_ghost]

Alright I solved the problem, the chmod m+x didnt work but doing this did.

Yeah, invalid arguments ussualy don't work. What a surprise! :roll:

[NotMexel]

Alright I solved the problem, the chmod m+x didnt work but doing this did.

Yeah, invalid arguments ussualy don't work. What a surprise! :roll:

I entered a+x in the console, I copied and pasted from the thread. Dont know why I posted m+x, wow. Well install was good when I went to play my drivers are not like good, gave up on it no games for me.

[Odin]

Read the fucking sticky. Oh and the manual too. I'll leave that to you to find!