untar a tar-ball, need to run setup

[James Ellis_1]

The setup file is of this type

PS-RISC1.1 shared executable - not stripped

Note that I received a tar file, untar the file and am left with a file called "setup". Need to run this file to install a print driver.

I am unable to run the setup file. What am I doing wrong? I believe the original file was from HP, because the file name is HPUXX...

Anyone know how to go about running this file (or executing this file?).

Thanks.

[A. Clay Stephenson · Accepted solution]

Typically, you untar into a directory and a "setup" script is written. You then cd to this directory and do a "sh setup". Setup may not have the executable bit set, so you may need to do a chmod 755 setup. First do a
"file setup" and let the system tell you what kind of a file this is.

[Pete Randall]

James,

Not knowing exactly what difficulty you're encountering when you try to run it, all I can think of is "chmod +x".


Pete

[James Ellis_1]

Guys,

I finally got it right. I copied the tar file in ascii and not binary. When running the setup, I did not get the same number of extract files as when I copied it over in binary form.

Thanks.