Can't run downloader/updater

[slopoke]

I just recently heard about this game and thought I'd give it a try. I run Linux (Mepis - based on Debian) so that was a plus. I downloaded the updater/downloader and followed all the instructions. I can't get it to run. It tries, but that's all. It looks to me that there is no file association with the file extention (.linux), and I can't make one (my fault, I guess). Since double clicking the file in the file manager doesn't work, is there a command line way to get it to run?

 

Thanks

[Araneidae]

Sure. Make sure the downloader is in its own directory (I'm going to call it darkmod) and then run the following commands (the $ signs represent the prompt, not what you type!):

 

$ cd ~/darkmod # or whatever you called it

$ chmod +x tdm_update.linux

$ ./tdm_update.linux

[PranQster]

What that is doing is making the shell script (the .linux file) an executable, using the chmod command. Previous to that it was merely a text file, essentially. The last line then executes the script file.

Edit: Correction, it is actually a binary, not a shell script. But it needed to be set as executable first before it would run.

Edited March 29, 2014 by PranQster

[slopoke]

Thank you both. I have not had to use "./" for so long I forgot it.