Re: Strange Problem with Executable File
On Mon, 22 Jul 2013 22:33:57 +0200
Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de> wrote:
> 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
>
>
Many thanks. Missing libraries i386 were the problem! Al is now well!!
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