Can't get href to provide a working download link for .run files

[LloydLynx]

<a href="heaven/Unigine_Heaven-4.0.run" download><font color="blue">Linux</font></a><br>
<a href="heaven/Unigine_Heaven-4.0.dmg" download><font color="blue">Mac OS X (intel)</font></a><br>
<a href="heaven/Unigine_Heaven-4.0.exe" download><font color="blue">Windows</font></a><br>

I used to use python SimpleHTTPServer to host my website, but it was really shotty, so I started using Apache(on Debian). The .dmg and .exe downloads work perfectly, but the .run link just opens it as plain text in the browser. This problem didn't exist when I was using SimpleHTTPServer. I don't know where to go from here, the file names and paths are all correct, and I don't see anything else wrong.

[Trinopoty]

You'd get better results by posting this to ServerFault or SuperUser instead.

As for your question, you need to configure the MIME type for .run files in your apache config.

[mariushm]

You can define the mimetype or say it's binary from the httpd.conf 

Something like    

AddType application/octet-stream	run

I think I used tabs above but could be only spaces work, though I think apache accepts both as separators..   also application/octet-stream is generic for executables, there may be a proper mime type for  linux binary / run file ... just doesn't pop up at a quick google search

 

See  https://webplatform.github.io/docs/tutorials/configuring_mimetypes_on_the_server/

 

 

[LloydLynx]

7 hours ago, mariushm said:

You can define the mimetype or say it's binary from the httpd.conf 

Something like    

AddType application/octet-stream	run

I think I used tabs above but could be only spaces work, though I think apache accepts both as separators..   also application/octet-stream is generic for executables, there may be a proper mime type for  linux binary / run file ... just doesn't pop up at a quick google search

 

See  https://webplatform.github.io/docs/tutorials/configuring_mimetypes_on_the_server/

 

 

Thank you so much! Run files are downloadable now.

And for future reference, you'll have to create the httpd.conf file inside /etc/apache2/ instead of what that website says, and of course restart the apache2 systemd service for the new mimetype to take effect.