title: How to execute a .run file using Mac Terminal?
body: <p>Once I navigate to a certain directory that has a .run file in it, how do I execute that file using mac Terminal?</p>
  
  <p>I have change the chmod 777 for fileName.run file and run it </p>
  
  <pre><code>$ chmod 777 file-name.run
  $ ./file-name.run
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>but it does not work for me. any idea ?
  it give me the following error.</p>
  
  <pre><code>$ ./ppasmeta-9.4.1.3-linux-x64.run: cannot execute binary file
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Its postgres plus advanced server for linux I want to install on mac os-x .</p>