Install.run and Install.key files Donation edition???

Posts: 6 · xavgw787s0bu 7 Feb 2021, 09:38

Hi everybody,

yesterday I got an information that there is an updated version which I downloaded and extracted as usual. But this time I got no FFS folder which contains all necessary files, but a "FreeFileSync_11.6_[Donation_Edition]_Install.run" and a "FreeFileSync_11.6_[Donation_Edition]_Install.key" file.

My question is what to do with these files? I don't get FFS up and running with them.

Thank you in advance for any help!

Posts: 7506 · Zenju 7 Feb 2021, 09:47

Double-click on the ".run" file. Or open it from a terminal.

Posts: 6 · xavgw787s0bu 7 Feb 2021, 10:05

Double-click on the ".run" file. Or open it from a terminal. Zenju, 07 Feb 2021, 09:47

A doubleclick causes nothing. Terminal..., I'm not really into it. Could you help me with the right command? I have both files on my desktop.

Posts: 7506 · Zenju 7 Feb 2021, 10:08

Just drag and drop the .run file on the terminal window and start it.

Posts: 6 · xavgw787s0bu 7 Feb 2021, 10:13

This worked! Thank you for your help!

Posts: 7506 · Zenju 7 Feb 2021, 10:25

Which Linux distribution and terminal are you using? (in the terminal window go to menu -> help: about)
FFS doesn't seem to detect your terminal correctly, or double-click would have worked.

Posts: 6 · xavgw787s0bu 7 Feb 2021, 10:29

MX Linux (Debian based) and xfce4-terminal 0.8.8

Posts: 7506 · Zenju 7 Feb 2021, 10:34

FFS does check for "/usr/bin/xfce4-terminal", but maybe it's in a different location? What do you get for "whereis xfce4-terminal"?

Posts: 6 · xavgw787s0bu 7 Feb 2021, 11:12

xfce4-terminal: /usr/bin/xfce4-terminal /usr/bin/xfce4-terminal.wrapper /usr/share/man/man1/xfce4-terminal.1.gz

Posts: 7506 · Zenju 7 Feb 2021, 13:11

Fixed! FFS was passing "-e" instead of "-x" to xfce4-terminal.

Posts: 6 · xavgw787s0bu 7 Feb 2021, 13:47

Great, thanks and keep on going! I never had a sync-app that worked as convincing as yours!!!