Self Extracting Linux Archives?

[Redwolf]

Okay, I have 2 'self-extracting' Linux archives. The Tuxracer patch and Java. Unfortunately, I can't extract them. When I try to run them from the CLI, I get:

[root@localhost redwolf]# dir
aphex Documents mosfet-liquid0.9.2
Desktop j2re-1_4_1-linux-i586-rpm.bin tmp
divx4linux-20020418 mesa tuxracer-1.1.1-x86.run
[root@localhost redwolf]# ./j2re-1_4_1-linux-586-rpm.bin
bash: ./j2re-1_4_1-linux-586-rpm.bin: No such file or directory
[root@localhost redwolf]#


When I click on them in Konquerer (or Natalius), it doesn't do anything. What do I need to do to extract these?

P.S. Konquerer recognizes these as scripts.

[jkrohn]

You're typing it wrong, hence that error message
./j2re-1_4_1-linux-i586-rpm.bin

Jkrohn

[nukes]

make sure the executable flag is set. Do a
chmod +x filename
and try again.

[gothic]

Do a 'head filename' and check what command it's trying to run at the top of the script.

Perhaps the location of the command in the script isn't where the file is at on the HD.

For example, if the first line said:
/usr/local/bin/bash

And you actually had:
/bin/bash

You'd get that error message.

*edit*

Doh, or you could be typing it in wrong.. :P

Use the tab key! Tab-completion: goood.. =]

[jkrohn]

Hehe, you guys are reading a little toe far into that error there

Lets allow him to type the correct filename before we re-write the script on him

Jkrohn

[Redwolf]

Thanks everyone!

Nukes and jhkron, your directions worked.