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wjohnson
10-17-2001, 11:21 PM
I downloaded Musicmatch Jukebox for linux and it downloaded as 'install-mmjb-1.00.0043.sh'. Now what am I supposed to do?I'm running Mandrake 8.2. I'm a Linux virgin here so please be gentle with me. Any help will be deeply appreciated. Thanx in advance.
Dark Ninja
10-17-2001, 11:33 PM
./filename.sh

That should work. (Make sure the file is chmoded correctly.)


Dark Ninja
wjohnson
10-17-2001, 11:37 PM
What is chmoded? Does it make a difference what directory it downloads to?
armando86
10-17-2001, 11:45 PM
Originally posted by wjohnson:
<STRONG>What is chmoded? Does it make a difference what directory it downloads to?</STRONG>
Check the man page (man chmod). Basically its a command to change the permissions of a program. Remember that in *nix there are three permissions read, write, and execute, in order to run a program it must have the execute bit set on it.
To check if its executable or not type ls -l FILENAME. And to answer your second question, no it shouldn't matter which directory you downloaded the directory to.
wjohnson
10-17-2001, 11:49 PM
Once again Ya'll have shown me the light. A thousand thanks. :D
bdg1983
10-18-2001, 05:18 AM
chmod +x install-mmjb-1.00.0043.sh

./install-mmjb-1.00.0043.sh