How to run Doom3 BFG executable?

Question

I installed Doom3 BFG edition the way it said over here. The whole procedure was carried out as instructed.

When I double clicked the executable file, my computer didn’t know how to open it so nautilus searched for an app on the Internet and suggested to download pypar2, I downloaded it opened the executable file again and PyPar2 gave me options to create something; and I did it.

I still cannot play the game.

I’m running Edubuntu 12.10, and the directory is created in an NTFS formatted drive.

P.S. Its a fresh new Edubuntu installation, I haven’t installed any updates yet.

Answer 1

It seems that NTFS formatted drives do not support executable files. As stated here:

Setting executable permission of any files at ntfs partition on Linux is almost impossible.

The solutions I've seen so far are very hacky and I wouldn't recommend them unless you know what you are doing.

An easy workaround would be to move the whole game files to an ext4 file system, for example, create a Games directory in your home directory, move the Doom3 BFG files there and make the executable files executable again:

$ chmod +x ~/Games/Doom3BFG/myExecutable

After that you should be able to run the file by double clicking it or run from command line with

$ ~/Games/Doom3BFG/myExecutable

If you prefer the more hacky way and want to run it only from your NTFS file system, you should read on the following threads:

• Can't set permissions for files on an NTFS partition
• Enable Setting Executable Permission of Files at NTFS Partition
• How can I run an executable from a CD when it doesn't have the executable bit set?