chmod to 775?

[JokersLoose]

Hey All,

1st: Sorry to be asking so many questions.

Next: I want to run Eternal-Lands. http://www.eternal-lands.com/page/download.php

It tells me

To play on Linux:
Download the zip file, and unzip it.
cd to the directory where you installed it.
chmod to 775 install.sh and execute it
There are two .bin files, on for 32b and the other for 64b. Depending on your platform, chmod the binary to 775, and execute it.
edit el.ini and change datadir to where you unzip everything
Also, the zip file has no base directory, so you should unzip it in a new directory you create.

Now I got the .zip file downloaded and unziped to elc_150_linux.

Ok so now what? In the elc_150_linux there is a folder elc-150 do I CD to that one and then do what is told to me, cause that is the one with all the files in it.

Thanks, and again sorry to be so buggy.

James

[Smatt454]

Re: chmod to 775?

ok so let me get this straight, u changed to the directory u zipped it to correct?

and you did

chmod 775 ./install.sh

right?

well if u did that, then you do

./install.sh

EDIT:

what is the output of

ls [full path of elc_150_linux]

ls [full path of elc-150]

[JokersLoose]

Re: chmod to 775?

what is the output of
Code:

ls [full path of elc_150_linux]

OK I typed

james@DeskTop:~$ ls /Desktop/elc_150_linux

Cause it's on my desktop, is that right? Be cause I got

ls: /Desktop/elc_150_linux: No such file or directory

But if I CD into my desktop directory it is listed.

elc_150_linux

So I CD to that one and get

elc-150

So I CD into that one

2dobjects      entrable.lst    license.txt   SDL.dll
3dobjects      eternallands.ico  mapedit.ini   SDL_image.dll
3dobjects.txt    files.lst      mapeditor    SDL_net.dll
actor_defs      global_filters.txt MapEditor.exe  servers.lst
alut.dll       harvestable.lst   mapeditor.html skeletons
animations      iconv.dll      mapeditor.ico  sound_warnings.txt
browser.lst     install.sh     mapinfo.lst   textures
commands.lst     key.ini       maps      tiles
custom_mirrors.lst  knowledge.xml    meshes     tmp
e3dlist.txt     languages      mines.xml    uninstall.exe
elc.png       libcal3d-12.dll   mirrors.lst   vorbis.dll
el.exe        libiconv-2.dll   music      vorbisenc.dll
el.ini        libpng12.dll    ogg.dll     vorbisfile.dll
el.x86-64.linux.bin libpng13.dll    OpenAL32.dll  wrap_oal.dll
el.x86.linux.bin   libxml2.dll     particles    zlib1.dll

Hope this helps. Not sure what I did wrong when trying the "ls [path name]"

Thanks,
James

[Smatt454]

Re: chmod to 775?

well since the install shellscript is in the other directory,it doesnt matter. but the reason you got "No such file or directory" is because "/Desktop/elc_150_linux" is not the full path. (because u need ur home directory before that).

~/Desktop/elc_150_linux

~ is the same as ur home directory.

(if u want to specify a relative path u must use a dot.

./Desktop/elc_150_linux

meaning that if u are in ur home directory, u put a dot (because your desktop is IN your home directory (i hope all this makes sense)

but since the install shell script is in the elc-150 directory. do exactly this (please show the input and output of this)

cd ~/Desktop/elc-150
chmod 755 ./install.sh
./install.sh

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~
In case you didnt know: [EDITsorry I made a mistake)]
chmod changes the permissions of the file.
4 is readable
2 is writable
1 is executable

the first number is the owner
the second is the group
and the third is all other users

every folder and file has a user owner and a group owner.

you add the above numbers together to get what permissions each category has.

so with 755
owner=7 (4+2+1=7, meaning owner can read,write to,and execute the file)
group=5 (4+1=5, meaning any user that is part of the file's group can read or execute the file)
user=5(4+1=5, meaning any other user can read and execute the file).

EDIT:
thats why with a lot of commands u have to use sudo
because the file may have the permissions 744 (and owned by root), so u may need to be root to execute or make changes to them (sudo is basically "do as root" as you may or may not already know)

also if the folder is 744 (also owned by root), then u cannot do normal commands like moving a file from an important folder (for example, if i folder is on your desktop, you can mv is as user

mv ~/Desktop/file ~/file

because both your ~ and Desktop are owned by the user
but if root owns a folder like /etc/ you must do sudo to move a folder inside of /etc/)

just a 101 on permissions, but if didnt know this, it could help u later on XD

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~

but anyway, try those commands and post the input/output

[JokersLoose]

Re: chmod to 775?

ok had to do "cd ~/Desktop/elc_150_linux/elc-150" cause that's where all the files are

chmod 755 ./install.sh

Brings me back to a command line. So..

./install.sh

Get

mkdir: cannot create directory `/home/james/.elc': File exists

Thanks,
James

PS: forgot to put this in here.

james@DeskTop:~$ cd ~/Desktop/elc-150

bash: cd: /home/james/Desktop/elc-150: No such file or directory

[Smatt454]

Re: chmod to 775?

hmmm, looks like maybe you already ran the install shellscript when trying it on your own.

im not sure but i suspect that install.sh is trying to create /home/james/.elc, and it looks like it is already there, so you must have already ran the shellscript

could you please post the output of

ls -A ~/.elc

(~/.elc is the same as /home/james/.elc)

[JokersLoose]

Re: chmod to 775?

james@DeskTop:~$ ls -A ~/.elc
mines.xml servers.lst
james@DeskTop:~$

[Smatt454]

Re: chmod to 775?

just a clean

ls ~/Desktop/elc_150_linux/elc-150

should show us enough


but just for fun also show

ls -A ~/Desktop/elc_150_linux/elc-150

[JokersLoose]

Re: chmod to 775?

just a clean
Code:

ls ~/Desktop/elc_150_linux/elc-150

james@DeskTop:~$ ls ~/Desktop/elc_150_linux/elc-150
2dobjects      entrable.lst    license.txt   SDL.dll
3dobjects      eternallands.ico  mapedit.ini   SDL_image.dll
3dobjects.txt    files.lst      mapeditor    SDL_net.dll
actor_defs      global_filters.txt MapEditor.exe  servers.lst
alut.dll       harvestable.lst   mapeditor.html skeletons
animations      iconv.dll      mapeditor.ico  sound_warnings.txt
browser.lst     install.sh     mapinfo.lst   textures
commands.lst     key.ini       maps      tiles
custom_mirrors.lst  knowledge.xml    meshes     tmp
e3dlist.txt     languages      mines.xml    uninstall.exe
elc.png       libcal3d-12.dll   mirrors.lst   vorbis.dll
el.exe        libiconv-2.dll   music      vorbisenc.dll
el.ini        libpng12.dll    ogg.dll     vorbisfile.dll
el.x86-64.linux.bin libpng13.dll    OpenAL32.dll  wrap_oal.dll
el.x86.linux.bin   libxml2.dll     particles    zlib1.dll

but just for fun also show
Code:

ls -A ~/Desktop/elc_150_linux/elc-150

james@DeskTop:~$ ls -A ~/Desktop/elc_150_linux/elc-150
2dobjects      entrable.lst    license.txt   SDL.dll
3dobjects      eternallands.ico  mapedit.ini   SDL_image.dll
3dobjects.txt    files.lst      mapeditor    SDL_net.dll
actor_defs      global_filters.txt MapEditor.exe  servers.lst
alut.dll       harvestable.lst   mapeditor.html skeletons
animations      iconv.dll      mapeditor.ico  sound_warnings.txt
browser.lst     install.sh     mapinfo.lst   textures
commands.lst     key.ini       maps      tiles
custom_mirrors.lst  knowledge.xml    meshes     tmp
e3dlist.txt     languages      mines.xml    uninstall.exe
elc.png       libcal3d-12.dll   mirrors.lst   vorbis.dll
el.exe        libiconv-2.dll   music      vorbisenc.dll
el.ini        libpng12.dll    ogg.dll     vorbisfile.dll
el.x86-64.linux.bin libpng13.dll    OpenAL32.dll  wrap_oal.dll
el.x86.linux.bin   libxml2.dll     particles    zlib1.dll

[Smatt454]

Re: chmod to 775?

el.x86-64.linux.bin
el.x86.linux.bin

the website states there are two binary files, a 64b and a 32b, depending on your platform. do u know which yours is? (as soon as you power on your computer, it should tell you)

im guessing the second one is the 32b one, and the first obviously must be the 64-b one.

chmod 755 ~/Desktop/elc_150_linux/elc-150/[whichever bin is right for your platform]

then simply running

 ~/Desktop/elc_150_linux/elc-150/[the bin you just chmodded]

should give you your desired result

[Smatt454]

Re: chmod to 775?

did it work?

[JokersLoose]

Re: chmod to 775?

No it hasn't worked yet. I am taking a break from this for right now. Sometimes I need to walk away and come back and re-read the directions and see what I missed

James

[Smatt454]

Re: chmod to 775?

okay well i'll try installing it on my machine when i get the chance to see if i have any luck

and taking a break is fine. just remember not to give up. You have plenty of help when you need it