How to install programs downloaded from the internet?

Question

I've downloadad the latest XAMPP file, to install it into Ubuntu 13.04.

After downloading the file, I just can run it.

I've double click it (and I've tried right click and clicking "open", whith the same result).

All the answer I get is this message:

Could not display “xampp-linux-1.8.3-1-installer.run”. There is no application installed for “executable” files. Do you want to search for an application to open this file?

I've tried searching for an application, with no result...

Also, I haven't found any questions related to this issue with the 13.04 Unity version... I've tried this solution, with no result.

Please note that this isn't a Xampp question, the same happened to me when I tried to install Skype.

UPDATE:

I've tried this solution:

cd ~/Downloads

chmod +x myfile.run

sudo sh myfile.run

And I've got this error:

Syntax error: "(" unexpected

What should I do? Thanks!

Solution

Step 1 Move the .run to your Home folder

Step 2 Right-click on the file and select Properties

Step 3 Under the Permissions tab, tick the checkbox Allow executing file as program. Click Apply.

Step 4 Double click the file to run

OR

Here is how to execute .run or .bin files

Step 1: Open the terminal and execute following command

$chmod +x file_name.run

Step 2: Execute the file

$./file_name.run

If you have any trouble or want to do it using GUI instead of terminal see this link

Comments

[Luís de Sousa]

What's the problem with packaged software?

[theblang]

Have a look here. You need to change permission to allow executing, as mentioned in the link. Then, open a terminal, navigate to the folder, and type ./xampp-linux...restofname.

[Rosamunda]

Thanks for your reply! I've tried both ways, and nothing happens. In the command line way, it won do anything, it just acts as id I only pressed "enter". The GUI way, nothing happens, as if I didn't double clicked the file.