I just upgraded to latest Mate and im trying to install X-plane 10 by just running the installer file. I own the file and It is set to executable in permissions but Caja gives the error
“There is no application installed for executable files”.
Please help
And yes I am running an x86-64 binary on a corresponding machine. (I ran this program on this machine on mate 16)
You are right, it should run from a double click in the file manager. But, just as a temporary workaround, have you tried running the executable from inside a terminal? Is it a “.run” file?
I would imagine you would run it with the following command:
./<package name>
I tried from the terminal and it was “permission denied” even with sudo
Okay, so, weirdly you seem to have two problems occurring simultaneously. Firstly, that you do not have the requisite software to run an executable from the file manager and, secondly, that the permissions on the file and/or your user permissions are not sufficiently elevated to run it from a terminal
I am now at a loss.
Hopefully someone more knowledgeable than me can come on and help.
I guess the next thing I might do, if it were me, would be to get hold of some simple executable that I know works ordinarily and try and run it. I would do this just to satisfy myself that the problem lay with my system and not the executable itself.
Check out the permissions in Caja. Right-click on the file > Properties > Permissions
I don’t have my system in English so some words up there might be different, but it is somewhere around that line of logic. 
Yes it is executable in permissions
How about ownership and access permission?
What is the full name of the file? When you say “executable,” I think Windows .exe file.
I've just done a search and download and it's called "X-Plane 11 Installer Linux"
It is a linux executable file.
It can be had from here:
I have just double clicked it on my desktop and it brings up this:
So, it works on my system. But, I must confess, at this point, I am currently running Manjaro Mate.
Okay… update:
I have dropped a copy in my UM 18.04 64 bit VM and it works. This is what I had to do
make the file executable. To do this, right click the file and select “properties”. Once, opened, click on the “permissions” tab and check the “allow executing file as program” checkbox. Then close the “properties” dialog box.
double click the file and the installer will open.
Yes if you google the x-plane 10 installer you will see a Linux friendly version. It won’t run at all on my system ;(
I know this will be of little comfort Henry. But, it seems it is a problem with either (a) your copy of the application or (b) your specific installation setup. It does not appear to be a general problem with UM 18.04 since it executed non-problematically in my UM 18.04 64 bit VM.
Have you tried the following:
sudo chmod +x 'X-Plane 11 Installer Linux'
(your copy and paste should include the apostrophes in the above command)
./'X-Plane 11 Installer Linux'
(again, copy and paste all of the above, including the apostrophes)
Then come back on here and report precisely what happened, including any terminal output, if necessary.
People like you are a light in the world, Steve. Thank you so much for helping complete strangers. Iam in the process of reinstallation and I’ll report what happens. Fingers crossed.
So after reinstalling the OS from scratch, all is well. No idea what happened how how, but in any case the same executable files are now working.
Thanks so much!
Henry
Glad to hear you got it sorted Henry
