I'm a Fedora (well linux actually!) novice and I am trying to install some software but am having problems.
It is a .tar.gz file and I've extracted it using tar -zxvf, and that has given me a .bin file. This is where i am stuck, as I can't find anywhere that says how to install a .bin file on Fedora. It's in a directory that I've given full permissions to my user to exectue files from.
Does anyone know if it is possible to install a .bin file, or has ever done it and could give me some pointers?
Best Answer
A file extension alone tells nothing in the Linux world. But I would guess it's some kind of an executable file. Have you tried running it by first giving it execute permissions with
chmod +x file.bin, and then doing./file.binon the directory the file resides?You should see if the package can be found from the system's own software repositories first, though. It'll help you manage what all you have installed, and provides version updates in a centralized way.