Re: Strange Problem with Executable File
On 2013-07-22 21:47 +0200, Stephen P. Molnar wrote:
> I have installed Debian v 7.1.0 and Debian Testing in 2 different
> implementations of VMWare Player on my 64 bit laptop to use as test
> beds before deploying software to my 7.1.0 production machine.
>
> I have run into a rather strange problem when I installed MOPAC2012.
> The author furnishes the program as a compiled MOPAC2012.exe even
> though it's compiled as a Linux program, and, in fact, runs in v-7.1.0
> in the VMWare Player. I installed exactly the same executable in the
> Testing version, but when I attemtp to execute the program I get the
> following:
>
> computation@inga:/opt/mopac$ ./MOPAC2012.exe 7840404a15291320
> bash: ./MOPAC2012.exe: No such file or directory
This indicates that the interpreter for MOPAC2012.exe is missing, which
can happen if it's a 32-bit program and you don't have libc6-i386
installed.
> I happen to be a chemist, not a programmer, and would greatly
> appreciate some guidance as to a solution to this prroble.
Install libc6-i386 and retry.
Cheers,
Sven
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