how to run the hardwaresimulator.sh file

[bready]

I'm running ubuntu 12.04 and i download the software package but i can't run the hardwaresimulator.sh file.  It just opens up the text editor.  What am i doing wrong.

[ybakos]

You need to set the .sh files as "executable."

From a terminal console, you might do something like:

chmod u+x HardwareSimulator.sh

Or via the gui, right click the file, click "properties" and under "permissions" select the "executable" box.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1495476

[bready]

I tried both of those and it didn't seem to help.  I tried running it in terminal and it opened up and but  closed right after.  It also gave me the option to just run it but nothing happens when i did that.  Do you have any other ideas.

[ybakos]

"I tried running it in terminal and it opened up and but  closed right after."

Can you be more specific? What do you mean by "tried running it in terminal?" Do you mean that you chmod'ed the .sh file and invoked it from the shell prompt?

What do you mean by "it opened up"? The terminal window? The simulator?

Lastly, is Java installed and is java.exe on your PATH?

[Benoit]

I assume Bready found an answer to his questions by now.. but for those who still wonder, type the below in the console:
sh HardwareSimulator.sh

(my computer runs Linux Mint 14).

[kirti purohit]

I am getting this error after running the command as such, can you please help me out?

[snkind]

Hi Is this post still valid and running
cant seem to make H/W simulator run on Windows 10

bready wrote

I'm running ubuntu 12.04 and i download the software package but i can't run the hardwaresimulator.sh file.  It just opens up the text editor.  What am i doing wrong.