[SOLVED] Making executable a file

[semsaudade]

Sorry for my question, but I have a stupid problem that I am not able to solve. I installed Wine on my Mint and now I want to install irfanview. I downloaded setup file for windows and tried to install it by right clicking on it and choosing "install with wine", but I receive error message stating that file is not executable.

No problem, I thought... I right clicked again on file name, choose properties and then I tried to tick the box for making it executable. But this operation is impossible: mint refuse my click on the "executing permissions" box.

So I tried from terminal in this way:

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giancarlo@pc-giancarlo /media/0832D9E432D9D732/Download $ chmod +x iview428_setup.exe
giancarlo@pc-giancarlo /media/0832D9E432D9D732/Download $ ls -l
totale 108360
-rw------- 1 giancarlo giancarlo    177496 2011-05-15 07:21 IrfanviewPluginsBundleStub.exe
-rw------- 1 giancarlo giancarlo   1474048 2011-05-15 07:20 iview428_setup (copia).exe
-rw------- 1 giancarlo giancarlo   1474048 2011-05-15 07:20 iview428_setup.exe
-rw------- 1 giancarlo giancarlo 107830710 2011-05-15 07:09 VMware-Player-3.1.4-385536.i386.bundle
giancarlo@pc-giancarlo /media/0832D9E432D9D732/Download $ 

As you can see, it seems impossible to make executable this file! I tried also with su chmod but result is the same.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks a lot for you patience and kindness!
Giancarlo

[meskarune]

You should follow the tutorial here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wine/IrfanView

[semsaudade]

Thanks for your answer... but why can't I make executable that file? What is wrong?

[dawgdoc]

@semsaudade
I have not used Wine so I am taking a guess here. Could it be either you must set it executable for all users chmod a+x iview428_setup.exe or that you must execute the command as root? sudo chmod +x iview428_setup.exe Again, I'm guessing, don't let me mess up your permissions.

[altair4]

Consider the following: Wine is incapable of determining if a Windows executable ( or any ) file has a Linux executable bit set. The problem is not wine it's "cautious-launcher".

Right click on an *.exe file
Then select Properties -> Open With -> Add -> Use a custom command > Then type in: wine
Back in the "Open With" tab mark the "wine" you just added as the default.

There's going to be another wine in that tab but that one has cautious-launcher embedded in it. Yours will not.

You can also just run it from the terminal:
wine "path/to/exe/file"

Or you can fix the problem at it's source:
Do a right click > Properties on /usr/share/applications/wine.

What you will see is this:

cautious-launcher %f wine start /unix

Change it to this:

wine start /unix

[semsaudade]

Thanks a lot! I solved the problem following your precious advices. Now Irfanview works perfectly on my Mint and I am also able to open an image with Irfanview double clicking simply on it.

Thanks again for helping.

[dawgdoc]

I assume it was altair4's advice that helped you, but could you say specifically what you did so that someone searching for a solution could know for sure. (I would not want them to follow my ill advised guidance. )