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I followed these directions, (http://www.icculus.org/lgfaq/loki/q3faq.html#32) for playing quake3 with a quake3 windows cd, but instead of installing it to /usr/local/games/quake3, i did /home/blah/quake3... when I type quake3 at the prompt i just get, "bash: /usr//bin/quake3: Permission denied"! help! :((( im dying to frag
Please excuse my punctuation/capitalization, this is a copy/paste from irc.
kooch
11-06-2002, 08:16 PM
try su to root then try to run the game.
i did but i get the same permission denied :/
kooch
11-06-2002, 08:30 PM
Are sure you did the symlink correctly?
maybe the patch didnt work right? i double click it in baseq3 and nothing happens is that what its supposed to do?
kooch
11-06-2002, 08:38 PM
Im no expert but did you try from a terminal window:
cd /usr/local/games/quake3
./quake3
see thats why this isnt working, put the files in /home/blah/quake3/ because that's where i want my games... and ut2k3, and tribes2 are already there so it would be uncool to put quake3 somewhere else :D i used the directory i choose in all the directions that site has and it just gives me that permission error! :/
kooch
11-06-2002, 08:44 PM
But you did try launching the bin from /home/blah/quake3?
same permission error... here's another wierd thing. i think i didnt install the patch right.@!!
Look at this:
[blah@localhost baseq3]$ linuxq3apoint-1.32.x86.run
bash: ./linuxq3apoint-1.32.x86.run: Permission denied
then i log into su -
[root@localhost baseq3]# linuxq3apoint-1.32.x86.run
-bash: linuxq3apoint-1.32.x86.run: command not found
AND THE FILE IS IN THAT DIRECTORY... tell me that **** don't make sense :/
kooch
11-06-2002, 08:54 PM
Wasnt the point release a shell script? Im looking for mine so i cant confirm.
i dunno, that's the 20 or so meg file i downloaded though
kooch
11-06-2002, 09:06 PM
Im almost positive its a sh script. Go to the directory that has the point release ( ithink you dont want that file in the place you will be installing it to, so you may have to move it) commands
sh linuxq3apoint-1.32.x86.run
It should start an installer type program. let me know.
DAMN! I love these forums! I asked this in irc and got about 0.0005seconds of attention from one person then was ignored.
The problem was that I didn't install the patch, and I didn't know I had to type "sh" infront of the filename haha man you learn something everyday...
oh, btw thx alot for the quick responses! much appreciated!
kooch
11-06-2002, 09:18 PM
cool...have fun!