how to install files that don't end in rpm

[zbrian]

Here, I think the problem is simply that ./tools/wineinstall is not set to have execute permissions. It won't run as root, because among other things it would then install wine into root's environment not yours, which wouldn't be awfully helpful. 

You can change the permissions on the file to make it executable like this:

 

Code:

chmod a+x ./tools/wineinstall

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This changes the permissions mode of the file (chmod) and adds execute permissions for all users (a+x).

 

Now try running ./tools/wineinstall again.

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Thanks Hybrid your reply was helpful. I ran 'chmod a+x ./tools/wineinstall' and was denied permission to run chmod. So I looked up chmod in my book and saw there is a

chown and a chgrp. So I changed owner and group from root to user(myself). Then I ran './tools/wineinstall' and received the following response:

 

Wine Installer v1.0

 

Running configure...

 

checking build system type

checking host system type

checking wether make sets $(MAKE)