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unable to install on Linux computer

Postby limpingwrench » Wed May 05, 2021 11:28 pm

i want to run the Flight Gear simulator on my Linux machine, but that computer is not connected to the web.
here is what i did to attempt to get the simulator on my Linux computer;
with my windows machine, i downloaded the .AppImage file onto an external hard drive.
i made a Flight Simulator directory on my Linux system.
i copied the AppImage file into that directory.
the instruction i found on the web stated that i needed to make it executable in 'properties'. i did that.
the instructions further stated it would run through the GUI if i double clicked on it.
that did not work.
i went into the command line mode, found the directory with the file in it. changed into that directory, carefully copied the complete name of the .AppImage file after the ./ i was told was the execution instruction, and no execution.
i got an error message that the file or directory wasn't found.
i carefully checked that i had copied the complete file name correctly.
i found no typographical errors.
i checked the note i had on executing a file and, in spite of finding no errors in what i had already done, i tried again.
and got the same error message.
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Re: unable to install on Linux computer

Postby Dogers » Sat Jun 05, 2021 4:45 pm

Greetings to you.

Indeed in some file managers and on some Linux distributions, the double click do not necessarily works. But you can try to launch it from terminal. Here are some simple steps to do :

-First open a terminal and cd to your folder with your Appimage : for instance "cd /home/myself/flightgear".
-Once you are here, be sure to make your appimage executable : "chmod 777 yourfile"
-And then you execute it from your terminal : "./myappimage"


I hope it can help you, do not hesitate if you need further help !
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