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I am trying to install OOTP15 for linux. I have downloaded the file and it is in my home folder. When I go to execute the file I get the error message:

bash: /home/patrick/ootp15linuxsetup.bin.tar.gz: cannot execute binary file: Exec format error

I am running the 32 bit version of Ubuntu and this download is supposedly compatible. I am also admittedly pretty new to Linux as a whole so this is probably a dumb question.

Thanks!

Patrick
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    tar.gz is an archive (like .zip). You first have to extract it, and inside you'll find the installer. – s3lph Dec 30 '14 at 00:11

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Files with the .tar.gz extension are (supposed to be) archives, just like the .zip extension known in Windows. You have to extract them in order to use the content.

This archive will most likely contain an installation script, which you can then execute, or a deb package, which can be installed using the Software Center or the dpkg CLI.

s3lph
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