Problem with installation of Xfree86v3.31in a Debian 1.3r6 Linux, help please

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From: CPC
Date: Wed, 05 Nov 1997 00:00

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It's funny, I followed step by step the instructions to install
Xfree86 3.3.1 (X11R6) in my Debian Linux OS (1.3 release 6, kernel
version 2.0.29) in a AMD486SX2-66Mhz based computer and the
installation was interrupted just in the beguining, when I was trying
to run preinst.sh.

First of all I downloaded all the necessary files to make the
installation by FTP with my Win95.
Then I mounted my half win95 d: drive and made a copy of all files to
/var/tmp
Then in /usr/X11R6 I typed sh /var/tmp/preinst.sh
And finally I had the message:

/var/tmp/preinst.sh :file :command not found
You appear to have an a.out system.
a.out binaries are not aviable for this release

Well, I am completely lost. As I know the Debian 1.3 don't use a.out
files anymore. It's maybe a bourne bash problem, but the one that
comes with 1.3 is quite new and good. I am really needing some help. 
That a lot,
CPC

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From: cpc@mail.dotcom.fr (CPC)
Subject: Problem with installation of Xfree86v3.31in a Debian 1.3r6 Linux, help please
Date: 1997/11/05
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