How to install a .bin-file (Linux/Ubuntu)

At first you have to open a terminal/bash and then enter:

file /path/file.bin

for example file /home/user/file.bin (file is the command)

Now you should see a sentence including the word “executable” and not “non-executable, not executable,… or something completely different)

If you do not see “executable,…)” the file is probably an cd-image(BIN/CUE) and not an executable .bin-file

Now enter:

chmod +x file.bin

No path! Just the name of the file!!! Now the file is executable…

Last step: Type in

/path/file.bin

, for example /home/user/file.bin and the file will be executed…

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16 Responses to “How to install a .bin-file (Linux/Ubuntu)”

  1. anon Says:
    January 29, 2008 at 10:14 am | Reply

    ****@bl4ckb0x:/home/hoax/Desktop# chmod +x yumatu.bin
    ****@bl4ckb0x:/home/hoax/Desktop# /home/hoax/Desktop/yumatu.bin
    bash: /home/hoax/Desktop/yumatu.bin: cannot execute binary file

  2. Darkfena313 Says:
    February 21, 2008 at 1:34 pm | Reply

    this did work for me at all.

  3. Jesse Says:
    June 21, 2008 at 3:22 pm | Reply

    These steps worked for me

    jesse@jesse-ubuntu:~/Desktop$ /home/jesse/Desktop/GoogleEarthLinux.bin
    Verifying archive integrity… All good.
    Uncompressing Google Earth for GNU/Linux 4.3.7204.836……………………………………………………..

  4. orfintain Says:
    June 27, 2008 at 12:39 am | Reply

    FAIL

  5. emilius Says:
    July 6, 2008 at 2:29 pm | Reply

    after the first line i got ( POSIX shell script text executable )
    since there was” executable” i put in the second line and got ( acces denied )
    have to say i am a novice in linux

  6. Rodrigo Says:
    July 30, 2008 at 1:50 pm | Reply

    Didn’t work for me. I had to do this:
    file /path/file.bin (i’m not shure if this line is necessary)
    chmod +x /path/file.bin
    /path/file.bin
    Helped anyway. Thanks!

  7. chris Says:
    September 2, 2008 at 6:56 pm | Reply

    Worked a treat! Thanks

  8. Mujahid Says:
    September 22, 2008 at 8:28 am | Reply

    Thanks for the help
    I am new to linux and this tutorial helped me a lot

    thanx again

  9. Pitt Says:
    September 24, 2008 at 10:41 pm | Reply

    Cheers mate! worked!

  10. John Says:
    April 3, 2009 at 12:28 am | Reply

    for my plugin to install I had to type the following:

    sudo ./filename.bin

    Worked fine

  11. Mohamed Saleh Says:
    April 4, 2009 at 4:06 am | Reply

    Thanks a lot it’s working jesse

  12. Conrad Says:
    April 24, 2009 at 10:29 am | Reply

    Thanks! I always forget how to do this!

  13. Ovi Says:
    April 29, 2009 at 2:23 am | Reply

    bash file.bin

  14. orgio Says:
    June 25, 2009 at 5:35 pm | Reply

    Tnx…

  15. Toby Says:
    June 26, 2009 at 6:58 pm | Reply

    When i do this it says there is no such file or directory when i know that there is. i’m really confused

  16. Barn Says:
    June 28, 2009 at 7:34 am | Reply

    Yes it works! Thank you.

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