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What is a bin file to linux?

I'm not sure, I am kind of new to the command line in linux. I had one one for java, found a command and it made a rpm of the file so I could install it.

Good Luck

Will
 
It's usually just a shell script that you're supposed to execute to install software. If you downloaded it from a source you can trust, set it executable & try to run it as a normal user.

In some cases, you'll have to be the root user to perform some sysadmin-related function, but again it should boil down to if you can trust the .bin file.
 
Originally posted by: manly
It's usually just a shell script that you're supposed to execute to install software. If you downloaded it from a source you can trust, set it executable & try to run it as a normal user.

In some cases, you'll have to be the root user to perform some sysadmin-related function, but again it should boil down to if you can trust the .bin file.
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I've also seen it used for floppy image files, but more often that not it's some type of script.

More info would help in any case.
 
I downloaded an install file and it was limewire.bin from download.com. I have been able to use the make command to install programs from tarballs, but do not know how to use a binary.
 
Originally posted by: geekender
I downloaded an install file and it was limewire.bin from download.com. I have been able to use the make command to install programs from tarballs, but do not know how to use a binary.
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It's just a script. Do "chmod +x limewire.bin" and then "./limewire.bin".
 
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