In order to install *.bin file,
first you need to open your Terminal/bash window:
1st step : use”file” command to confirm whether it is executable or non-executable:
i.e : file /path/file.bin
lets take Adobe Reader for example,
file /Downloads/AdbeRdr9.4.2-1_i486linux_enu.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)
After I enter the command: file /Downloads/AdbeRdr9.4.2-1_i486linux_enu.bin
it will display: ########################################################################### [dbastudent@192-168-1-134 Downloads]$ file AdbeRdr9.4.2-1_i486linux_enu.bin AdbeRdr9.4.2-1_i486linux_enu.bin: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.2.5, stripped ######################################################################### If you do not see “executable,…)” the file is probably an cd-image(BIN/CUE) and not an executable .bin-file
2nd Step :
Now enter: chmod +x file.bin
E.G: chmod +x AdbeRdr9.4.2-1_i486linux_enu.bin (chmod +x is the command to give permission to execute this file)
No path! Just the name of the file!!! Now the file is executable…
Last step: Type: /path/file.bin
take AdobeReader for example it will prompt the following command,
then type the path name where you would like to install:
Enter installation directory for Adobe Reader 9.4.2 [/opt] home/dbastudent/AdobeReader/
That ‘s all . Hopes to help you .