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Tsui <tsuifam@erols.com> writes:

>Hi, (you're cool if you answer this!)

>Every time I try to execute a binary from the bash prompt I get this
>message:

>bash: ./filename: file not found
Is this with all binaries, or only Netscape?

Is filename in the current directory?
If not, that is the problem.

If it is, it may have found filename, but not been able to find
the dynamic loader.

try:

file filename

e.g.: file netscape
to find out what sort of program it is.
If it says ELF, it needs /lib/ld-linux.so.1 to exist.

If it says ZMAGIC or QMAGIC, it is an a.out file, and needs /lib/ld.so
to exist.


try: 
ls /lib/ld*
to find out which are on your system.



>Its something like that...but I can run stuff like X win. and XV and GNU
>Emacs.  Soooo...?  Its really ticking me off that I downloaded Netscape
>Communicator for linux and (a really long download) couldn't execute the
>binaries.  !!!.  So...please...tell me how to fix it!!!!!!!!!!!

>             Thanks a ton...
>                Will

What distribution are you using?  If it's an old one, it might only
support a.out programs.
If it's a new one, it's probably an ELF system, but you can probably 
get a package to support the older a.out format.
-- 
Caspian Maclean