So you just downloaded application for your Desktop and its .bin file, double clicking opens text editor and you have no idea how to install it.

so here is how to install such applications, lets take case of GoogleEarth, the file you have to download is GoogleEarthLinux.bin and to install do the following.

Download the application from Earth.google.com and open Gnome-Terminal at your desktop (if running GNOME Windows manager ) and run following command where you have kept the file

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[anshu@Fedora7 Desktop]$ su
give root password
[root@Fedora7 Desktop]# chmod +x GoogleEarthLinux.bin
makes it Executable
[root@Fedora7 Desktop]# ./GoogleEarthLinux.bin
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(follow instructions and it will complete your installation)

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12 comments

1. Coorior on July 9, 2008 at 6:30 PM

   thank you very much . just what i need .

    
2. anshuman on July 9, 2008 at 9:01 PM

   Thanks for your comment, Glad to read it helped you.

    
3. Kimball on November 18, 2008 at 3:26 AM

   Thanks. It's quite simple, but never done it before.

    
4. Unknown on February 22, 2009 at 2:59 AM

   Thanks!
   Forgot about execute rights ...
   
   Paul

    
5. Kunal Sagar on August 21, 2009 at 3:00 PM

   thanks a lot... :)

    
6. lookblogs on June 1, 2010 at 6:33 AM

   thank you very much.....
   you save me....

    
7. Unknown on December 5, 2010 at 2:09 AM

   Not working out for me .. using the 64-bit version of Fedora! Is that a problem?

    
8. Unknown on April 6, 2012 at 9:52 AM

   Just, thank you very much! You solved my problem :D

    
9. Unknown on January 12, 2013 at 8:41 AM

   many thanks to you.
   but what is those things inside a .bin file for install on Linux?

    
10. Unknown on May 16, 2013 at 9:40 AM

    [root@localhost ~]# chmod +x PacketTracer533_i386_installer-rpm.bin
    chmod: cannot access ‘PacketTracer533_i386_installer-rpm.bin’: No such file or directory
    this is what happens when i tried to install packet tracer in fedora .. pls help

     
11. Danielson Junior on March 2, 2016 at 2:47 AM

    Thank you very much!! Best regards!!

     
12. cruelplatypus67 on August 12, 2016 at 9:27 PM

    Thanks bro.....saved my day :3