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Open Source and Free Software

eppur_se_muova

(37,810 posts) Sun Jul 12, 2015, 10:56 PM Jul 2015

Linux Mint: "No such file or directory" -- WTF ?? [View all]

I've downloaded an executable that I know other people are running under Linux. Typing ./filename gives me the error message "No such file or directory". ls -l clearly show the file is there, belongs to me, and I have permission to read,write, and execute. I get the same error in Lubuntu ! How can a file which is so obviously "there" not be there ??

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Linux Mint: "No such file or directory" -- WTF ?? [View all] eppur_se_muova Jul 2015 OP

That can mean a missing library or interpreter Recursion Jul 2015 #1

ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), ... eppur_se_muova Jul 2015 #2

The libs need to be in a certain directory Recursion Jul 2015 #3

Thanks, this goes in .profile ?? eppur_se_muova Jul 2015 #4

You could do that, but for starters just type it when you run the program Recursion Jul 2015 #5

Thanks a brazillion ! Haven't got it to work yet, but ldd may have given me the answer ... eppur_se_muova Jul 2015 #6

Sure thing! Quick note: it's probably /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu, not x86-64 Recursion Jul 2015 #7

Yeah, that was a typo on my part. Thanks again. nt eppur_se_muova Jul 2015 #8

ldd may have found the problem ... eppur_se_muova Jul 2015 #10

libstdc++ is part of your compiler toolchain, and I have bad news Recursion Jul 2015 #11

I'll pass that news on to the people distributing the binaries. eppur_se_muova Jul 2015 #12

I wonder if the file name might have a letter in it that is somewhat different jtuck004 Jul 2015 #9