How To Deal With .sh Files in Ubuntu

Posted on August 3, 2008 by Quyen Nguyen

I tried Thinkfree office suit yesteday and decided to download the offline version. The file had .sh extension which I had no clue what to do.  I finally found the solution on Ubuntu forum.

To install .sh file, you need to use terminal.

Execute .sh files

  1. Open Terminal: Ctrl+Shift+T or Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal
  2. Navigate to where you save your file. Make sure you save your file where you want to install the application.
  3. Make your file executable.

    chmod +x yourfile.sh

  4. Execute the file

    sudo ./yourfile.sh

    Replace the name of the .sh file into “yourfile.” Make sure you type everything in correctly, including the file name, the period and lash before the file.

  5. Enter your password and the file will be executed.

Have fun!

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5 Responses

  2. mehak chopra, on June 19, 2010 at 4:42 am said:

    When I run the command chmod +x yourfile.sh, i get
    chmod: cannot access `yourfile.sh’: No such file or directory

    what do I do?

    Reply
  3. luca, on August 29, 2010 at 4:41 pm said:

    Attention!
    Script significantly changes the desktop.
    If a previous version of Macbuntu-10.04 is installed it will be overwritten.

    Checking Ubuntu version…
    Passed

    Checkin script user…
    Failed.
    Root user not allowed, please run this script as a regular user.
    Exiting…
    ubumio@miol:~/Downloads/Macbuntu-10.04$

    Reply
  4. Joash, on August 5, 2011 at 3:59 am said:

    Thanks man. Should have figured that out though.

    Reply
  5. Kydex30, on May 10, 2012 at 2:54 pm said:

    Thank you! Very helpful, and worked for this Ubuntu newbie first try.

    Reply

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