installing softwares on ubuntu

[u04f061]

i want to install software " linuxinstaller.bin"
i have ubuntu 5.10

the software is located in home/username/desktop

which command will install this

plz write complete command

thnx

 

[Thinker]

Hi u04f061,
You can install your executable binary file linuxinstaller.bin by running the following commands on a terminal : -

# chmod a+x linuxinstaller.bin

To change permissions to make it an exceutable file.

# ./linuxinstaller.bin

For installing the binary.

With Regards,
Thinker

 

[Anno]

When I still ran Ubuntu, I had a problem getting
to root to run such files.
I later descovered you hav eto use:
#sudo <file to execut>
Don't know if it still the case.

 

[Thinker]

Hi Anno,

#sudo <file to execut>

If you have already logged in as root or if you have become superuser, then you do not have to do sudo.

With Regards,
Thinker

 

[fdiblen]

why dont use use

simply apt-get install software name

by adding required repositories?

 

[Thinker]

Hi fdiblen,
Yes, using apt-get is the straight-forward and easy way of installing packages in Debian based distributions. But sometimes, adding repositories for isolated individual packages might be not worth of doing it.

With Regards,
Thinker