Unable to use run files on the donation edition

[sharlock]

Hi,

I have been trying to use the donation edition .run file and license file, but i cant even get the .run file to work
my ubuntu version is Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS

I tried double clicking the file as well as executing this in terminal as well but none of it works

I am only able to see a proper error in the terminal which is

cannot execute binary file: Exec format error - without using sudo
or
Syntax error: ")" unexpected - with sudo

I tried everything i could but i'm new to linux and need your help

[xCSxXenon]

Did you extract the files out of the zip you downloaded?

[sharlock]

Yes, thats how i got the .run and license files

[xCSxXenon]

Try the free version of FFS just to see if this is a FFS issue or OS issue

[sharlock]

thats the other thing, i was able to install FFS using apt--get install, but i couldnt use the downloaded file, even for the free version. I got the same error then too

[xCSxXenon]

What CPU? Sounds like an architecture mismatch. FFS doesn't have ARM support in Linux AFAIK

[sharlock]

Oh, i run ubuntu on a Raspberry Pi 5
So, FFS wont work on it if i install it using a run file?
It works fine when i use apt-get install though

[xCSxXenon]

Someone is taking the source code of the free version and compiling it for ARM.
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[sharlock]

Oh, then I'm at a loss
Thanks for the help