I cannot seem to get GALFIT installed on my computer

Solution 1:

That galfit file IS your binary.

• Mark it as executable
• Make sure your user has permissions to it
• Run it.

How to do these things?

1. Open a terminal
2. type cd <path to file here> for instance cd /home/swansonalaina/. This will be the path you unzipped the file to.
3. type chmod +x ./galfit and try that.
4. If you don't get an error, type ./galfit to run the exe.
5. If you DO get an error, type sudo chmod +x ./galfit, then sudo chown <your user name> ./galfit. It will ask you for your password.
6. Try again.

The chmod +x command changes the permissions of the file to allow execution.
The chown BOB ./filename changes the owner of the file to belong to BOB.
The sudo prefix on commands forces the commands to be run as "root" aka "superuser" aka "Administrator"

If you downloaded the correct file, it should run just fine.

It doesn't look like it has and installer (or even need one).

Good luck! :)