Richard Blake wrote:
Hello,I recently discovered how to install Knoppix onto my hard drive and I also noticed it was Debian also. I have two questions really. Is Knoppix Debian? or a Debian Mod? the other question is How do I Install a BIN file. I downloaded it from the LimeWire Website and I just basically want to know what the heck to do with it. And yes I am a Newbie to Linux.
Richard Blake <sajaylu@msn.com>
^^^^^^^^
For starters, you should consider not supporting the evil empire :-)
You basically have two options when it comes to .bin files. The
file is essentially a shell script stub with a binary archive
attached to the end. You can either run it through the command
interpreter:
sh <some-file>.bin
OR you can execute it directly
chmod +x <some-file>.bin
./<some-file>.bin
In either case, if you are installing some application you may need
to specify some parameters on the command line (check the documentation
on the respective website. It is also likely that you need to be root
for everything to work properly. You can use either su (which starts
a new shell as root), or sudo (which executes only the single specified
command as root). Either way, you need to consider if you trust the
software enough to give it free reign over your system.
-Roberto Sanchez
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