A textbook I'm using came with a CD containing a few supplementary applications. To my pleasant surprise, it appears to include an installer for Linux.
The readme file on the CD provides the following installation instructions:
- Double-click on the folder 'LINUX'
- Double-click on the file 'INSTALL.BIN'
- Follow instructions on screen.
But doing this just produces the following error message:
Could not display "/media/BDH DE/linux/install.bin". The file is of an unknown type
Attempting to run the installer via the command line results in a permissions error:
ak@aux:~$ ls /media/BDH\ DE/ linux os x readme.txt windows xp windows xp - no java ak@aux:~$ ls -l /media/BDH\ DE/linux/ total 41177 -rw-r--r-- 1 ak ak 42164549 2005-07-26 03:39 install.bin ak@aux:~$ /media/BDH\ DE/linux/install.bin bash: /media/BDH DE/linux/install.bin: Permission denied
While, to my disappointment, the message fails to inform me of what permissions I am lacking, a quick glance at the output of ls reveals that the installer has not been marked executable.
How do I run it?
The type of the file is:
ak@aux:~$ file /media/BDH\ DE/linux/install.bin src/bdh-de/install.bin: POSIX shell script text executable