How do I install hexen2/Hammer of Thyrion?

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I have downloaded this file and can't open it.

I haven't much experience in Linux but I tried several programs; Software-Center, synaptic, Archive manager, and gedit which was set as default and none of the will open it.

The file I'm trying to install is hexen2-installer-1.5.6-linux.run, which is available for download from here under Linux-installer.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

score 5 · Accepted Answer · edited Jan 29 '14 at 12:54

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Most likely as a result of it being downloaded it won't have the correct file permissions, first you'll need to make it executable:

chmod u+x hexen2-installer-1.5.6-linux.run

Then simply execute the file:

./hexen2-installer-1.5.6-linux.run

edited Jan 29 '14 at 12:54

Richard

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answered Nov 15 '13 at 02:02

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$sudo user@host:~$ chmod +x hexen2-installer-1.5.6-linux.run = command not found – Diogenes Lantern Nov 15 '13 at 02:21
I have edited to clarify for you, you didn't need the "user@host~$" section, this was merely the prompt – Flyk Nov 15 '13 at 02:25
"chmod +x...etc..." cannot access `hexen2-installer-1.5.6-linux.run': No such file or directory – Diogenes Lantern Nov 15 '13 at 02:41
You need to first change to the directory that contains the file... – MattDMo Nov 15 '13 at 02:44
How to change Directory? – Diogenes Lantern Nov 15 '13 at 02:48
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`cd` , if you downloaded it to the default location you should be able to get there with `cd ~/Downloads` – Flyk Nov 15 '13 at 02:53
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@kalina this works fine, thanks: however: The setup program seems to have failed on x86_64/unknown :Fatal error, no tech support email configured in this setup – Diogenes Lantern Nov 15 '13 at 03:14
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This error is actually [discussed on the project page on SourceForge](http://sourceforge.net/p/uhexen2/discussion/425206/thread/6abb0e5e/) - a solution suggested here is to install alien and download the .rpm version (from the link you originally used) and convert it to a .deb and install it that way using dpkg. [This page](https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RPM/AlienHowto) will tell you how to install alien and use it to convert a rpm file... – Flyk Nov 15 '13 at 03:44

score 3 · Answer 2 · edited Nov 15 '13 at 02:43

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I will give you the GUI way;

Select that file with right click
Choose "Properties" from the menu
Select the "Permissions" tab
Check "Allow executing as a program"

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Click on "Close" and double click the file to run it.

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answered Nov 15 '13 at 02:08

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How do I install hexen2/Hammer of Thyrion?

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