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Subject: Re: Command not found? How can this be?
Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2012 16:00:05 -0500
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On Tue, 06 Nov 2012 19:51:09 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

> On 06/11/12 13:45, GangGreene wrote:
>> On Tue, 06 Nov 2012 08:41:57 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>>
>>> On 06/11/12 01:56, GangGreene wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 06 Nov 2012 01:28:27 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 06/11/12 01:00, GangGreene wrote:
>>>>>> On Tue, 06 Nov 2012 00:14:10 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 05/11/12 15:45, bovineb...@gmail.com wrote:
>>>>>>>> I have an excutable delivered to my company. Call it dosomething.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I run
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ./dosomething
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> and I get
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ./dosomething: command not found
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> bizarre..... I tried this on two x86_64 machines, and then
>>>>>>>> decided to run it on my netbook running i686 knoppix running from
>>>>>>>> a usb stick.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> It turns out that the executable is 32bit and can't run on 64
>>>>>>>> bit.
>>>>>>>> But why? How can I fix this? Is it missing some library or
>>>>>>>> something?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Probably
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> e.g Ubuntu and other debian-ish distros will need something like
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "One package for 32-bit shared library support on a 64-bit system
>>>>>>> is named ia32-libs, which included lots of 32-bit versions of
>>>>>>> shared libraries."
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So try installing that lot and it should maybe work.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Note that not ALL 32 bit libraries are in that general package: to
>>>>>>> get a 32 bit app running properly you generally need to check the
>>>>>>> errors coming out from the loader and see what else seems to be
>>>>>>> missing.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Negative.  That advice is just pissing in the fan to see if you get
>>>>>> wet.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Well no, asshole. It worked for me.
>>>>
>>>> Of course for some one that doesn't know any better.  Why use the
>>>> proper tools when a 20lb sledge hammer will work on that tack.  Never
>>>> mind the collateral damage.
>>>>
>>> Because for someone who isn't interested in learning the subtleties of
>>> the linux package dependency and library loading systems, that is the
>>> least number of keystrokes to solve the problem.
>>>
>>> You obviously never worked in customer support.
>>
>> I see working in customer support makes it right.
>>
> The only right in customer support is solving the customer problem to
> HIS satisfaction with the minimum of effort on YOUR part.
> 
> And if that means firing pedantic arseholes, that gets done as well.

And keeping the ignorant.

Now I see that is why things in the world are such a disaster, minimum or 
no effort and don't care if things are correct.

Sorry I don't subscribe to your rules.