Ubuntu Version:
Ubuntu MATE 24.04
Desktop Environment (if applicable):
Problem Description:
I have a .tar.gz archive containing the files for the installation of Corel PHOTO-PAINT 9 for Linux.
I repeatedly tried to burn those files on a CD using Brasero. I’m having problems with the install file. On my harddrive, it is executable, but not when I have burned it onto CD.
Relevant System Information:
Version 24.04.2 LTS (Noble Numbat) 64-bit
Kernel Linux 6.8.0-71-generic x86_64
MATE 1.26.2
Hardware:
RAM: 15,6 GiB
Processor: AMD Ryzen 3 3200G with Radeon Vega Graphics × 4
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 710/PCIe/SSE2
Screenshots or Error Messages:
What I’ve Tried:
I repeatedly made the install file on my harddrive executable, but still after burning the files from the archive on CD, the execute flag was gone. 
Now, I’m actually clueless what to do.
TIA,
Claus
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The standard ISO 9660 file system on CD-ROM does not support Unix-like permissions (it’s closer to FAT in the supported capabilities). To get support for permission bits you have to enable the Rockridge Extensions to ISO 9660. Don’t ask me how to do that on Brasero, it’s been a decade or longer since I last burned a CD and I didn’t use Brasero even back then …
Alternatively you could mount the CD from the command line and pass it options to give a specific mode to all files; something like
mount -t iso9660 -o mode=0500,uid=1000,gid=1000 /dev/cdrom /mountpoint
would make all files on the disk belong to the user and the group with the ID 1000 (that’s normally the main user / the first user set up on an Ubuntu system) and make the files readable and executable for that user.
PS.: Are you sure you need to burn the files to a CD to install ? You might be able to just run the install file from your hard drive and install it that way …
PPS.: Corel PhotoPaint 9 was published in 2000. It’s very unlikely to run on a modern distribution. I found posts from 2006 where people couldn’t get it to work.
I think you’re right. I tried to install it from my harddisk, and I got
Log file name:/tmp/corel/Setup.log
Qt: Locales not supported on X server
X Error: BadValue 2
Major opcode: 18
Aborted
Too bad. I was looking for a bitmap editor that supports CMYK and that has a better text tool than the Gimp.
Claus