[23:32] <Wafficus> wxl: Hey there, downloading the .run file for that qt package
[23:32] <Wafficus> http://download.qt.io/official_releases/qt/5.11/5.11.2/
[23:33] <Wafficus> the guide calls for a .tar file though, not sure why cause they don't have any listed for the Linux section
[23:33] <wxl> they probably switched
[23:33] <wxl> tars are compressed files.. so are 7zs
[23:35] <Wafficus> ah true
[23:36] <Wafficus> 7zs i'm familiar with cause of 7zip
[23:36] <Wafficus> cool, so .run works like a Windows .exe right?
[23:36] <Wafficus> just double click and i'll be good?
[23:37] <Wafficus> or rather
[23:37] <Wafficus> where should I store that said program. Like in Linux, where should I store the programs I want to install if I do this method?
[23:37] <Wafficus> in the /bin folder right?
[23:37] <wxl> start by downloading it
[23:37] <wxl> then you can inspect it
[23:38] <Wafficus> yep almost done downloading
[23:39] <Wafficus> btw, should I also download MySQL?
[23:39] <Wafficus> do you do that with qt for this type of work? I ask cause the guide is asking to also possibly install ibmysqld-dev 
[23:40] <Wafficus> libmysqld-dev 
[23:40] <wxl> not sure why
[23:41] <Wafficus> so I got that .run file
[23:41] <Wafficus> I tried double clicking it, and its asking which program to use to run it
[23:41] <wxl> run `file /path/to/file`
[23:42] <Wafficus> ah so if its on my desktop:
[23:42] <Wafficus> run (.run file) /home/sbpc/Desktop/(.runfile)
[23:42] <wxl> um
[23:42] <wxl> no
[23:43] <wxl> 1. open a terminal
[23:43] <wxl> 2. type this:
[23:43] <wxl>    file $HOME/Desktop/*.run
[23:43] <wxl> 3. hit enter
[23:44] <Wafficus> ibmysqld-dev 
[23:45] <Wafficus> sbpc@sbpc:~/Desktop$ file qt-opensource-linux-x64-5.11.2.run 
[23:45] <Wafficus> qt-opensource-linux-x64-5.11.2.run: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (GNU/Linux), dynamically linked, interpreter /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2, for GNU/Linux 2.6.18, BuildID[sha1]=75f78826207d25aa58a59ccef21ff54d1fe388b0, not stripped
[23:45] <Wafficus> y
[23:45] <wxl> right
[23:45] <wxl> so that tells you the answer to your question
[23:45] <wxl> it's an executable/binary/compiled file
[23:45] <wxl> it's not a shell script, so it's not quite as easy to see what it's doing
[23:45] <wxl> but suffice it to say all you need to do is execute it
[23:45] <Wafficus> ah so, basically
[23:45] <wxl> you should just be able to do the following in terminal:
[23:46] <wxl> /path/to/file
[23:46] <wxl> or in your case:
[23:46] <wxl> $HOME/Desktop/qt-opensource-linux-x64-5.11.2.run
[23:46] <wxl> or if you're already in $HOME/Desktop:
[23:46] <wxl> ./qt-opensource-linux-x64-5.11.2.run
[23:48] <Wafficus> it said command not found
[23:48] <Wafficus> and i'm in the same directory
[23:48] <Wafficus> weird
[23:48] <wxl> qt-opensource-linux-x64-5.11.2.run WILL NOT work
[23:48] <wxl> ./qt-opensource-linux-x64-5.11.2.run WILL work
[23:48] <wxl> note the difference
[23:48] <Wafficus> sbpc@sbpc:~/Desktop$ file qt-opensource-linux-x64-5.11.2.run 
[23:48] <Wafficus> qt-opensource-linux-x64-5.11.2.run: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (GNU/Linux), dynamically linked, interpreter /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2, for GNU/Linux 2.6.18, BuildID[sha1]=75f78826207d25aa58a59ccef21ff54d1fe388b0, not stripped
[23:48] <Wafficus> wrong paste
[23:48] <Wafficus> sorry
[23:49] <Wafficus> sbpc@sbpc:~/Desktop$ sudo ./qt-opensource-linux-x64-5.11.2.run
[23:49] <Wafficus> [sudo] password for sbpc: 
[23:49] <Wafficus> sudo: ./qt-opensource-linux-x64-5.11.2.run: command not found
[23:49] <wxl> well maybe that's not the name of the file?
[23:50] <Wafficus> whats weird is that it won't even do the autocompleter with the tab character
[23:50] <Wafficus> like normally with some files you can just type "qt-open" and hit tab and it'll autocompleter
[23:50] <Wafficus> *autocompleter
 When you atre typing out a file path you can hit tab and it will complete the directory that starts with what you are typing. It makes things go faster too.
[23:51] <Wafficus> yup, I know that
[23:51] <Wafficus> that's what's weird about this
[23:51] <wxl> what if you don't sudo?
 Does ls show the file? Thre is always copy past ;)
[23:52] <Wafficus> it says permission denied
[23:52] <wxl> try `chmod +x /path/to/file`
[23:53] <Wafficus> yeah I tried that too
[23:54] <Wafficus> still won't run the command
[23:54] <wxl> try using the full path. i don't know. that's insane
 wxl there has been a lot of that lately...
[23:55] <wxl> i can tell you if there's no +x on the file, you will get permission denied from a normal user and command not found from a sudo
[23:55] <wxl> chmod +x fixes both
[23:55] <Wafficus> should i leave this terminal and restart a new one?
[23:55] <wxl> nope
[23:56] <Wafficus> I just have tmux running ontop of cool-retro-term
[23:56] <Wafficus> I tried with LxTerminal too though, still no dice
[23:56] <Wafficus> maybe I should just create an alias to the existing qt I installed via the package manager?
[23:56] <wxl> this is not a terminal problem
[23:56] <Wafficus> I know its in some weird program directory
[23:57] <Wafficus> hold on
[23:57] <Wafficus> I found the .tar file in the "single" directory on that download page
[23:57] <Wafficus> i'll try following the guide with the .tar file instead
[23:58] <Wafficus> .7z file I mean
[23:58] <wxl> yeah i don't know. if you can't execute files, that's a more fundamental problem
[23:58] <Wafficus> don't get me wrong, I wanna learn
[23:59] <Wafficus> oh wait, you mean my system right?
[23:59] <wxl> yeah
[23:59] <Wafficus> it is an old laptop running Lubuntu I guess
[23:59] <wxl> you should EASILY be able to do the execution as discussed above
[23:59] <wxl> nothing to do with age or any other factor should really have any impact
[23:59] <Wafficus> gotcha