# Linux install

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/linux-install/2612>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [February 7, 2011, 9:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/linux-install/2612 "2011-02-07T21:17:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![DennisWomack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@DennisWomack](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/DennisWomack)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 9:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/linux-install/2612/1 "2011-02-07T21:17:52Z")

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In the Quick Start Linux Install portion of the user manual it says to do the following:

1. Make Files Executable  
Execute these two “chmod” commands to make files executable.  
chmod +x ignition.sh  
chmod +x ignition-gateway

Shouldn’t the last be:

chmod +x gcu.sh

Does ignition-gateway need to be marked executable?

Thanks for the help.

Dennis

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**Author:** ![Travis.Cox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Travis.Cox](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Travis.Cox)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 9:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/linux-install/2612/2 "2011-02-07T21:43:24Z")

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Yes, we should add:

chmod +x gcu.sh

so you can run the GCU. You do need to add execution permissions to the ignition-gateway since that is the main executable.