On Jul 29, 2007, at 8:12 AM, Beale, John wrote:
I have been using Chimera on a Linux-equipped laptop for a long time. All that I had to do to get the software working was to download the appropriate version of Chimera and click on the executable. I am trying to install Chimera on a new Linux workstation. I downloaded the program for Linux, but when I try to run the executable I get a message that says that the software downloaded is for MS-DOS and not Linux, and I am unable to install Chimera. Has anyone run into this problem, and is there a fix for it?
Hi John, The basic problem is that some Linux desktop managers are "smart" enough to "know" that files that end in .exe are Windows executables, even when they are not. Possible solutions are outlined in the answer to question #2 in this mail: http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/pipermail/chimera-users/2007-April/001496.html --Eric Eric Pettersen UCSF Computer Graphics Lab pett@cgl.ucsf.edu http://www.cgl.ucsf.edu