Colin Holgate wrote:
> I’m doing a demo tonight, and will be showing LiveCode. I wanted to
> show how you can publish to Windows and Linux, and I can open the exe
> in Windows 8 ok. But in Ubuntu it seems to be trying to interpret it
> as a zip file.
>
> Is there something I have to do to the application before using it on
> Linux?
Sometimes the executable bit doesn't transfer from non-Linux systems.
In most distros you can easily set the executable bit by right-clicking
the app and choosing "Info" or "Properties" (depending on the distro),
then in the dialog that opens you'll see a checkbox for something like
"Run as Application" or "Executable".
You can also do this from the command line:
$ chmod +x yourAppFile
If you choose to use the command line method you'll probably want to be
wearing an old t-shirt you got from a hard drive vendor at a conference
and have a can of Jolt next to you so you can feel sufficiently Linuxy. :)
--
Richard Gaskin
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