I am an absolute Linux baby running Mint23(?) on my PC. I wanted to play an ancient game from my childhood that I cherished but I don’t really know how to get it off the Internet Archive onto my computer.
Any suggestions?
# mount -o loop file.iso empty_dirYou might need to add sudo, OP
You probably know this already, but I thought I’d just mention here for OP and others: That’s what the
#at the beginning of the command implies (the command needs to be run as root), commands that can be run as a normal user are often denoted by.Neat! I’ve been using Linux for years and I didn’t know that distinction. If it doesn’t work as a normal users, I enter
sudo !!
“Linux is for everyone! No need to learn anything new” lmao.
You should need to learn code to open a file imo.
Most distros you can just open it, like on Mac.
Of the two comments explanation how to do it, one using terminal and other UI, this one is shorter and will work on any Linux. The UI method is more complicated and will only work in a specific distro with specific DE.
So year, you should learn to code.
How so? You open the folder then click “search” after typing in what you are looking for
You call that “learning code”? What are you, an AI tech bro?
Is terminal code not…code?
The biggest put off to Linux is the absolute shit community it has
This is just invoking a command, it’s basically the same as double-clicking a .exe in Windows, just without a mouse. There’s no need to “learn coding” to do this. Coding involves complex logic; this doesn’t.
The biggest put off to Linux is the absolute shit community it has
Have you ever given it a shot? Most Linux users I’ve encountered are very friendly. Yes, there are some boards (like Arch forums) where people get pissy at noobs; however Arch isn’t a noob-friendly distro, in contrast to Mint/openSUSE etc.
Attitude matters as well; if you start off by shitting on stuff you have limited knowledge of, you won’t get a friendly response.
Inise Linux mint
Commands are normally not considered “code” on their own. Someone who just runs commands on their computer to get a few operations done will normally not learn any programming constructs or concepts. If you’re doing shell scripting that usually crosses the line into code as you’d be using if statements, for loops, etc, which you normally don’t use if you’re just moving files around or whatever in the shell.
All new things will require some learning and getting used to. If you think that is crazy you should see how to get windows to only search for local files
Dude inise Linux, have a long time…windows is just easier. Then Mac after that and then Linux. The whole community wants everyone to switch to Linux but then screams at you because you don’t want to type 3 paragraphs in a terminal to get one program to open.
If you want to search only local files for windows. You just go that file and search.
Or you could search in file explorer.
Or use Everything, which is a lot fsster.
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If you’re on Mint 23, just open up the file browser and double click the file, entering your password when prompted.
If you’ve got isos set to open as archives instead of auto mount, right click and select mount image from the menu.
As others said there’s a command, but pretty sure you can just right click and click “Mount” without bringing up terminal
As others have noted, you can use the
mountcommand from the terminal. On Mint, you should also be able to use the Disks utility that ships with the OS if you’d prefer to use a GUI.this is the most appropriate response in the thread, gold star
Some older formats require cdemu instead but I’d start with using mount -o loop as other L’s have suggested.
The mount terminal command should work. But I’d expect you should be able to right-click an .iso file and mount it that way too. I’m not on Linux Mint but can confirm with GNOME on Debian it’s easy enough to right-click the .iso file and select “Open With Disk Image Mounter”, Cinnamon on Linux Mint should be able to do the same or similar.
Also keep mind you’re probably going to need to do more than just mount a .iso disc image if you want to play an old Windows game on Linux. There’s a few ways to go about that but I’m not too familiar on the best approach when you’re not running Windows games through Steam.
I use the built in mount commend, personally.
I recall being able to double click or use the context menu in nemo. Maybe I’m confusing it with something else.
