[wellylug] Install a Linux .bin archive

[Phillip Hutchings]

Michael Dittmer wrote:

>Hi All...
>
>I have a program that is packaged as a .bin file.
>
>How do I go about installing this using CLI. I know how to do it using GUI,
>but SME using CLI only.
>
>Thanks
>
>Michael
>  
>
Where did you get it from? The only .bin I know of is Sun's JDK - it 
comes in a self extracting archive to make you agree to the EULA. You 
need to do this:

chmod 755 file.bin
./file.bin

but not as root. Make sure you trust the source first - it could well be 
something narfarious.

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Phillip Hutchings