e200rpatcher.linux problems with ubuntu

[mmac]

So I know it's probably some simple phrase that I'm missing, but what do I need to do to get this to run?  The file is on my desktop, I'm running Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy, and I have a Sansa e270r.  Please help, I must listen to Glorious FLAC!



michael@michael-laptop:~$ sudo ./home/michael/Desktop/e200rpatcher.linux
[sudo] password for michael:
sudo: ./home/michael/Desktop/e200rpatcher.linux: command not found

[GodEater]

michael@michael-laptop:~$ sudo ./home/michael/Desktop/e200rpatcher.linux
[sudo] password for michael:
sudo: ./home/michael/Desktop/e200rpatcher.linux: command not found

Try :

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sudo /home/michael/Desktop/e200rpatcher.linux

instead. Note the lack "." just after the sudo.

[mmac]

michael@michael-laptop:~$ sudo /home/michael/Desktop/e200rpatcher.linux
sudo: /home/michael/Desktop/e200rpatcher.linux: command not found


Same problem.  When I run without sudo I get
michael@michael-laptop:~$ /home/michael/Desktop/e200rpatcher.linux
bash: /home/michael/Desktop/e200rpatcher.linux: Permission denied

I'm going to try running it as root.

[GodEater]

Have you made sure it's set executable?

i.e.

chmod a+x /home/michael/Desktop/e200rpatcher.linux ?

[mmac]

I went into Properties, and made it an executable file.  Now it's giving me this.

michael@michael-laptop:~$ sudo /home/michael/Desktop/e200rpatcher.linux/home/michael/Desktop/e200rpatcher.linux: 1: Syntax error: newline unexpected

[scharkalvin]

try:


cd
sudo ~/Desktop/e200rpatcher.linux < cr >
should prompt you for your root password ....

Note the < cr >  is just the Enter key.

you only have to use the "./" trick to run an executable that is in the same directory that you are currently "logged" into.  If you specify a complete path to a different directory to run an executable the "." isn't needed.  (It's a bash thing to prevent rogue commands replacing bash internal commands).

[mmac]

So I keep getting this

michael@michael-laptop:~$ cd
michael@michael-laptop:~$ sudo ~/Desktop/e200rpatcher.linux
/home/michael/Desktop/e200rpatcher.linux: 1: Syntax error: newline unexpected

[GodEater]

could you post the output of :

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file ~/Desktop/e200rpatcher.linux

please ?

[mmac]

michael@michael-laptop:~$ file ~/Desktop/e200rpatcher.linux
/home/michael/Desktop/e200rpatcher.linux: XML

[GodEater]

Okay - that explains a lot.

I don't know where you got that file from - but it's not the right one - it's not a binary.

Try downloading it again.

[websynapse]

I'm having a similar problem with the file e200rpatcher.linux64, downloaded from http://www.rockbox.org/wiki/SansaE200RInstallation.

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ryan@ryan-desktop:~/Packages/rockbox$ sudo ./e200rpatcher.linux64 
./e200rpatcher.linux64: 1: ELF

: not found
./e200rpatcher.linux64: 2: Syntax error: "(" unexpected

ryan@ryan-desktop:~/Packages/rockbox$ file ~/Packages/rockbox/e200rpatcher.linux64 
/home/ryan/Packages/rockbox/e200rpatcher.linux64: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.9, stripped

Is this the right file? It's the one from the wiki.

Thanks