how to install *.sh files on Linux (Yellow Dog version)

Hello everyone,

I'm fresh to Linux and I struggle eith finding good step by step instructions on how to execute files with .sh extension on my newly installed Yellow Dog Linux OS. I tries to google it, found patrial clues but not easy enough to follow for a "newbie" Can someone please provide some easy steps?
I'm trying to install divx drivers and when I double click on the install.sh file, after chosing "run" in the pop up menu nothing happends. please help. thanks !

Windows had little to do with my decision to use Linux.
I tried linux and found that it was a very good reliable operating system and i had no reason not to use it.

try this in a prompt
sh /path/to/sh/file/install.sh

you may need to chmod it to make it executable before it will work.
so then you'd do
chmod +x /path/to/sh/file/install.sh
sh /path/to/sh/file/install.sh
all in a "prompt"

One good thing to know as well is that if your in the same directory as the file you want to execute the command becomes



to know where you are the command



might be useful aswell.

Good luck