А BIN extension is required

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korrigan_sr

To install FreeFileSync on the Linux-based Western digital my cloud operating system, a binary installation file with a BIN extension is required. Tell me how I can get it.
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therube

To install
Is it correct that the download itself contains a .run file?
An you cannot run that .run file?

If you would to rename .run to .run.bin, would that then work to effect an install?


Or, does the .run run, so the install actually worked?
But then you cannot run FreeFileSync itself in order to run FFS?
And if it is that, can you rename FreeFileSync to FreeFileSync.bin (& maybe change a shortcut to point to same) & have FFS run like that?
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korrigan_sr

No, it doesn't work that way. The distribution has a RUN file, but if you rename it to BIN, the installation system says: "Incompatible application package file." The system can only install a program from a binary file with a BIN extension
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xCSxXenon

FFS doesn't come with a .BIN so you won't be able to install it
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korrigan_sr

I understand. Very sorry. sorry for disturbing you.
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xCSxXenon

I understand. Very sorry. sorry for disturbing you. korrigan_sr, 21 Nov 2023, 16:05
Not disturbing at all! That's what the forums are for: people wanting to help and people wanting help :D
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bgstack15

If somebody were to bother to go through the steps required to convert the FreeFileSync package into a WD My Cloud app (https://community.wd.com/t/my-cloud-os5-app-template/286542) it could be done.

A list of available apps for that series of devices is listed at https://support-en.wd.com/app/answers/detailweb/a_id/29960/~/my-cloud-os-5%3A-download-and-install-3rd-party-apps-manually#subject1 and the various json files list the .bin files, which contain a tar file with all the assets like so:
$ tar tf WDMyCloudEX4100_AmazonS3_1.21
AmazonS3/
 AmazonS3/bin/
 AmazonS3/bin/s3.cgi
 AmazonS3/bin/s3
 AmazonS3/stop.sh
 AmazonS3/apkg.sign
 AmazonS3/web/
 AmazonS3/web/lang/
 AmazonS3/web/lang/de-DE.xml
 AmazonS3/web/lang/hu-HU.xml
 AmazonS3/web/lang/pl-PL.xml
 AmazonS3/web/lang/no-NO.xml
 AmazonS3/web/lang/fr-FR.xml
 AmazonS3/web/lang/ja-JP.xml
 AmazonS3/web/lang/zh-CN.xml
 AmazonS3/web/lang/cs-CZ.xml
 AmazonS3/web/lang/tr-TR.xml
 AmazonS3/web/lang/pt-BR.xml
 AmazonS3/web/lang/nl-NL.xml
 AmazonS3/web/lang/it-IT.xml
 AmazonS3/web/lang/ko-KR.xml
 AmazonS3/web/lang/ru-RU.xml
 AmazonS3/web/lang/zh-TW.xml
 AmazonS3/web/lang/sv-SE.xml
 AmazonS3/web/lang/en-US.xml
 AmazonS3/web/lang/es-ES.xml
 AmazonS3/web/css/
 AmazonS3/web/css/access_icon.css
 AmazonS3/web/css/s3.css
 AmazonS3/web/cgi_api.php
 AmazonS3/web/amazon_s3.png
 AmazonS3/web/index.php
 AmazonS3/web/folder_tree.php
 AmazonS3/web/desc.xml
 AmazonS3/web/images/
 AmazonS3/web/images/amazon_s3_48x48.png
 AmazonS3/web/images/AWS_logo_poweredby_70x23.png
 AmazonS3/web/images/amazon_s3_23x23.png
 AmazonS3/web/images/Amazon-icon.png
 AmazonS3/web/js/
 AmazonS3/web/js/s3.js
 AmazonS3/web/js/s3_select.js
 AmazonS3/web/js/language.js
 AmazonS3/clean.sh
 AmazonS3/before_apkg.sh
 AmazonS3/remove.sh
 AmazonS3/config/
 AmazonS3/config/s3.conf
 AmazonS3/lib/
 AmazonS3/lib/libs3.so.2.0
 AmazonS3/lib/libs3.so.2
 AmazonS3/apkg.xml
 AmazonS3/install.sh
 AmazonS3/apkg.rc
 AmazonS3/preinst.sh
 AmazonS3/start.sh
 AmazonS3/init.sh