Nexrender: How to run nexrender-server on Linux (e.g. Ubuntu)?

[FRANK-AND-FREE]

Hi,
being mainly a Windows user that only casually works on Linux machines, I somewhat struggle with running the nexrender-server on a Ubuntu server.
Similar to running the nexrender-server-win64.exe on Windows via the windows shell I downloaded the file "nexrender-server-linux" from the release site in Gitlab.
I figured I just need to put that file on my Ubuntu server and start it via the command line.
The downloaded file is a file with no file extension (like .deb) or something. I honestly don't know what kind of file it is and how to run it from the command line.

Could someone be so nice and give me a hint on how to execute that file?

Thanks,
Frank

[JamesBotterill]

If it's linux in the terminal I would use ./nexrender-server-linux in the directory that the binary sits in, I believe that's correct but could be wrong.

[johkon]

you could install it with npm:
sudo npm i -g @nexrender/server

if you dont have npm installed:
https://www.devroom.io/2011/10/24/installing-node-js-and-npm-on-ubuntu-debian/

[inlife]

As @JamesBotterill noted that is indeed the correct way. Just make sure to check if the binary has permissions to be executed:

$ chmod +x nexrender-server-linux
$ ./nexrender-server-linux --help

[FRANK-AND-FREE]

Hi,
sorry for answering late (I'm moving houses at the moment), but making the file executable solved the issue. Thanks for everyone taking their time to help me out.

Best
Frank