Help with old .run and .bin files in Ubuntu


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I'm trying to install some older Linux game installers, but do to changes in Makeself 2.1.2 the scripts return an error to the terminal.

~/Desktop$ sudo ./wolf-linux-GOTY-maps.x86.run 
   Verifying archive integrity...tail: cannot open `+6' for reading: No such file or directory
   Error in check sums 394266379 2494773947

I found this posting describing my problem, and a workaround, but I am trouble with directions not being applicable to Ubuntu.

http://www.g-loaded.eu/2007/02/25/error-wh...rs-under-linux/

~/Desktop$ export _POSIX2_VERSION=199209
~/Desktop$ sudo ./wolf-linux-GOTY-maps.x86.run 
   Verifying archive integrity...tail: cannot open `+6' for reading: No such file or directory
   Error in check sums 394266379 2494773947

However, if I leave out 'sudo' the script executes and presents me with a root password box, but this is not setup on Ubuntu by default, and I'd prefer to leave it with the 'sudo' only access.

~/Desktop$ ./wolf-linux-GOTY-maps.x86.run 
   Verifying archive integrity...OK
   Uncompressing Return To Castle Wolfenstein GOTY Map Pack........................................................

*root password prompt appears*

Edit: I clicked cancel and proceeded to install /usr/local/games/wolfenstein with success because I had changed the directory ownership to my user earlier after installing the main linux binaries package. Still though, without reassigning directory ownership, I'm not sure if this was a proper solution.

Anyone else run into this problem or have a Ubuntu compatible solution?

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Not sure exactly what you are describing, but if the issue is "sudo" vs "root", then you might be able to get a root terminal session with a

sudo su

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