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Hi, Any ideas how I can install a Ubunto .run file? 'Alien' can't do it so I'm stuck. Its a 'Devolo Cockpit' software and they only have windoz Mac or Ubunto https://www.devolo.com/en/dLAN-software ... figuration

A .run file is not something specific to "Ubunto" (you probably mean Ubuntu). You just need to make it executable and then run it

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chmod +x somefile.run
./somefile.run

Thanks for answering! That's what I thought but:

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./software-devolo-cockpit-linux-v4-3-3.run
Error: this system does not have apt-get, cannot install.

It seems it wants to install additional packages, and is made to use apt-get for that :/
It is possible we have the packages/files it needs already but under other name/path.
Can you open/view the .run file as text and see what it wants and tries to do? (the first part of a .run it is often bash script)

Hi,
Well I open it up in a text editor and most of it is in unreadable code but the first part reads:

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#!/bin/sh
set -e

if [ ! -x "$(which dpkg 2>/dev/null)" ]; then
  echo "Error: this system does not have dpkg, cannot install."
  exit 1
fi

if [ ! -x "$(which apt-get 2>/dev/null)" ]; then
  echo "Error: this system does not have apt-get, cannot install."
  exit 1
fi

arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture)

if [ "$arch" != "i386" ] && [ "$arch" != "amd64" ]; then
  echo "Error: architecture $arch not supported, cannot install."
  exit 1
fi

result=0
skip=$(grep -a -m1 -n "HERE_BE_DRAG[O]NS" $0 | cut -d: -f1)
tmpdir=$(mktemp -d -p .)

packages="$tmpdir/adobeair_*_$arch.deb $tmpdir/devolo-dlan-cockpit_*_$arch.deb"

if [ "$(dpkg --print-foreign-architectures|grep -o "\<i386\>")" = "i386" ] &&
  ! ( apt-cache dumpavail | grep -q "^\(Package: ia32-libs-gtk$\|Provides:.* ia32-libs-gtk\(, .*\|$\)\)" ); then
  packages="$packages $tmpdir/devolo-ia32-libs_*_i386.deb"
fi

if ! tail $0 -n +$((skip+1)) | tar -x -C $tmpdir; then
  echo "Error: failed to extract files, installer may be corrupted. Please download again."
  result=2
elif ! ( cd $tmpdir; md5sum -c md5sums.txt >/dev/null ); then
  echo "Error: failed to verify files, installer may be corrupted. Please download again."
  result=2
elif ! ( dpkg -GEi $packages || apt-get install -fy ); then
  echo "Error: installation failed. Remember you must be root or using sudo to install software."
  result=3
fi

rm -rf $tmpdir
exit $result

HERE_BE_DRAGONS
md5sums.txted08bcb27ec71bf563f7a82a5cafc37b  adobeair_2.6.0.19170-devolo1_i386.deb
48fd4eebc3c7ad48f58d489a841bcecc  devolo-dlan-cockpit_4.3.3-0_amd64.deb
fd778f2f72bb3a59a6710e5901660368  devolo-dlan-cockpit_4.3.3-0_i386.deb
7fe1e9174fcf5645929d858ca0dd0b00  devolo-ia32-libs_1_i386.deb


The unreadable code is the four .deb files listed at the end of the text you posted, packed together
I am not good enough to quickly tell how to extract them, but if you try you have the checksums listed to check them.
And then on the debs run alien.

Better ask the developers to supply the .deb separately instead as a kludge like this...

Even better suggest them to provide appimage
https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Ways_to_inst ... s#Appimage

Hi,
I didn't post the unreadable code, as it was encrypted
Thanks for the help and advice.