In addition, look at the output of: head -n 1 foo.bin (using the actually file name instead of foo.bin) and see if that is a file on your system if it is executable. >>> esper at sherohman.org 04/11/01 03:22PM >>> On Wed, Apr 11, 2001 at 03:06:20PM -0500, Nate Moore wrote: > Downloaded staroffice 5.2. it came down as a *.bin file. according to > the staroffice website I should be able to just run this from a terminal > command line, but when I do it reports that it is an unknown type > (command not found). any ideas? Just to hit the obvious details, did you remember to `chmod +x foo.bin` first and then use `./foo.bin` to execute it? -- That's not gibberish... It's Linux. - Byers, The Lone Gunmen Geek Code 3.1: GCS d? s+: a- C++ UL++$ P++>+++ L+++>++++ E- W--(++) N+ o+ !K w---$ O M- V? PS+ PE Y+ PGP t 5++ X+ R++ tv b+ DI++++ D G e* h+ r y+ _______________________________________________ tclug-list mailing list tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list