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how do i install this.. its not in gzip or rpm format....??

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Kaneda

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Dec 2, 2001
linuxq3ademo-1.11-6.x86.gz.sh

thats the file name, its quake3 if anyone is wondering.

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[admin@dhcppc2 tmp]$ tar zxvf linuxq3ademo-1.11-6.x86.gz.sh

gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
tar: Child returned status 1
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
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thats what it is saying. any clues?

thanks,
Drew
 
I think that you install it by typing sh linuxq3ademo-1.11-6.x86.gz.sh. I can't quite remember, but I know that it's something like that.
 
well.... it did something, what it did im not quite sure.
 
It should have made you agree to a license and answer some other questions, then installed the game.
 
i have quake 3 linux full, installs the same way...

try:

./linuxq3ademo-1.11-6.x86.gz.sh

and if that dosn't work:

sh linuxq3ademo-1.11-6.x86.gz.sh

and if ya wanna get tricky, it IS gzipped, see the .gz part?:D lol, just teasing ya....:p
 
It's a shell script.

To make a shell script executable you should do the following.

chmod +x filname

then execute it with
./filename

Most games require that you are root for the installation process.

If you're ever making your own scripts make sure the intended user has read permissions.
 
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