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Thad Davidson ("davidsot@cris.com"@concentric.net) wrote:

: Dear All,

: I have been downloading zip files for Linux.  I put them in src
: directory and unzip them.  When I unzip them they turn into binary

Linux file are not likely to be distributed as zip files.  Most of them 
are tar archives compressed with GNUs compress.

: files, and I can't execute them.  I'am wondering what is wrong with

Correct executables are binary files

: this?  What am I doing wrong?  

are they linux executables?  have you done:

file <binary file>
if it responds with:
ELF 32-bit LSB executable i386 (386 and up) Version 1 or has the word 
ZMAGIC or QMAGIC in it then its a linux executable.  
you will need to check the execute permissions and specify the path.

chmod +x <binary file>

and in the same directory type:

./<binary file>

where <binary file> is the name of the executable you want to run.

: Also,  I don't understand this Make file : thing.  

usually type: 
make
to build the executable.


: Where do I get Modules and what are they for?

They are (most likely) device drivers for the Linux kernel.  But they 
could be sound files for tracker programs.


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