Cannot install Factorio

[mineus64]

I downloaded the Linux version, since the Windows version won't run properly and nobody seems to want to help me resolve that issue. Whenever I try to run the installer with "[home directory]/Downloads/Linux-x64-x86/factorio_alpha_i386_0.12.16", it returns the following:
"bash: [home directory]Downloads/Linux-x64-x86/factorio_alpha_i386_0.12.16: cannot execute binary file: Exec format error"
I have already given it execute permission, so what's going on?

[joon]

You have to extract it first. Then you go into the folder "factorio/bin/i386/ and double click Factorio and this should start the game.

[mineus64]

You have to extract it first. Then you go into the folder "factorio/bin/i386/ and double click Factorio and this should start the game.

I extract the file "factorio_alpha_i386_0.12.16" and get a file called "factorio_alpha_i386_0.12.16", which gives me that error whenever I try to do anything with it.
EDIT: When I try to open the file with Archive Manager it tells me "Archive type not supported"

[prg]

I extract the file "factorio_alpha_i386_0.12.16" and get a file called "factorio_alpha_i386_0.12.16", which gives me that error whenever I try to do anything with it.

How did you extract it? The file you downloaded is supposed to be a gzipped tarball, the .tar.gz ending must have been gotten lost somehow. You can use "file" on the file to see what you're looking at.

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$ file factorio_alpha_x64_0.8.8.tar.gz 
factorio_alpha_x64_0.8.8.tar.gz: gzip compressed data, last modified: Thu Jan  9 15:44:12 2014, from Unix

If you already ran gunzip on it you're left with a plain tarball and just need to tar xf it.

[mineus64]

I extract the file "factorio_alpha_i386_0.12.16" and get a file called "factorio_alpha_i386_0.12.16", which gives me that error whenever I try to do anything with it.

How did you extract it? The file you downloaded is supposed to be a gzipped tarball, the .tar.gz ending must have been gotten lost somehow. You can use "file" on the file to see what you're looking at.

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$ file factorio_alpha_x64_0.8.8.tar.gz 
factorio_alpha_x64_0.8.8.tar.gz: gzip compressed data, last modified: Thu Jan  9 15:44:12 2014, from Unix

If you already ran gunzip on it you're left with a plain tarball and just need to tar xf it.

I'm not very good with tar commands, sorry. How would I go about doing that?

[prg]

I'm not very good with tar commands, sorry. How would I go about doing that?

What's the output of "file" for that file? If it's "POSIX tar archive", you just run

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tar xf factorio_alpha_i386_0.12.16

[mineus64]

I'm not very good with tar commands, sorry. How would I go about doing that?

What's the output of "file" for that file? If it's "POSIX tar archive", you just run

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tar xf factorio_alpha_i386_0.12.16

Tried that. The terminal sat there without outputting anything for a little while, then gave me the standard command prompt thing again. I tried opening the file. No dice.

[mineus64]

FIXED!
I just added .tar.gz after the filename. It works now. Thanks for helping!

[prg]

Tried that. The terminal sat there without outputting anything for a little while, then gave me the standard command prompt thing again. I tried opening the file. No dice.

This already created a new directory containing the game, it didn't modify the file itself, so

FIXED!
I just added .tar.gz after the filename. It works now. Thanks for helping!

wasn't necessary after that anymore. But... glad it works now for you.