How to install .bin applications to Linux?

[abillybob]

Hey Guys

 

Just very quickly how on earth do I go about installing .bin applications to a Linux machine. I have downloaded Adobe Reader and it has gone into my downloads folder automatically. I have gone into Terminal and typed the following:

cd Downloads

sudo ./AdobeReader.bin

 

and it won't work keeps saying Command not Found...

 

Any ideas? Maybe me being a wolly!

[mjk]

you'll need to make it an executable.

 

sudo chmod u+x ./AdobeReader.bin && sudo ./AdobeReader.bin

[abillybob]

you'll need to make it an executable.

 

sudo chmod u+x ./AdobeReader.bin && sudo ./AdobeReader.bin

 

Cheers mate but still won't work?

cd Downloads

sudo chmod u+x ./AdobeReader.bin && sudo ./AdobeReader.bin

It asked me to enter password but then nothing happened and then when I try to run it again it still says Command Not Found?

[JackCPickup]

Try chmod a+x instead, I've sometimes had to use that instead of u+x.

 

Jack

[m1k3r]

Are you running a 64bit version of Linux?

 

for some 32 bit applications you need to install the 32bit libraries.

 

Ubuntu/Debian:

sudo apt-get install ia32-libs