[SOLVED] Slackware 14.2 (current ) some 64 bit programs not working

waynelloydsmith · 03-13-2016, 11:03 PM

I'm upgrading to Slackware 14.2 from 14.1
I have a triple boot machine with Slackware 14.1 on one partition and 14.2 on another other.
Most things looked pretty solid so I figured I'd start moving my programs over from 14.1 to 14.2 and see how far I got.
My 64bit java jdk says
sh-4.3$ ./java
sh: ./java: cannot execute binary file: Exec format error
sh-4.3$ file ./java
./java: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, interpreter /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2, BuildID[sha1]=bd74b7294ebbdd93e9ef3b729e5aab228a3f681b, not stripped

If I down load the 32 bit version of the jdk I suspect it will run.
This same thing happened when I installed libreoffice and the plugin libflashplayer.so
I,m not sure if this is expected behavior or not. Any ideas ?
Waynelloydsmith

business_kid · 03-14-2016, 05:24 AM

One idea for you is support libs.

Try

Code:

ldd /path/to/broken_executable |grep found

The correct output is nothing. Any output is missing libs.

On 14.1, the /lib64/ld-linux.so.2 is a symlink to /lib64/ld-2.19.so. Google earth uses another symlink for the same file.

Didier Spaier · 03-14-2016, 08:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by waynelloydsmith

If I down load the 32 bit version of the jdk I suspect it will run.

Indeed you can't run a 64-bit executable on a 32-bit system.

This is true for any Slackware version, so you would get the same result trying to use a 64-bit executable binary on a 32-bit Slackware 14.1 system: that won't work.

waynelloydsmith · 03-14-2016, 11:39 PM

the kernal Im running is:
sh-4.3$ file /boot/vmlinuz-huge-4.4.4*
/boot/vmlinuz-huge-4.4.4: Linux kernel x86 boot executable bzImage, version 4.4.4 (root@hive) #2 Thu Mar 3 21:12:01 CST 2016, RO-rootFS, swap_dev 0x6, Normal VGA
how can I tell if its 32 or 64 bit:
Wayne

Didier Spaier · 03-14-2016, 11:58 PM

If it were 64 bit it would say: x86_64 boot executable.

Another way to know is

Code:

uname -m

If it's 64-bit it will report x86_64. If it reports i686 or i586 or i486 it's 32-bit.

bassmadrigal · 03-15-2016, 01:57 AM

What you likely did is just grabbed the Slackware iso, rather than the Slackware64 iso. I still occasionally make that mistake since they're sorted away from each other on the mirrors.

waynelloydsmith · 03-15-2016, 06:46 PM

sh-4.3$ uname -m
i686
ahh problem solved . now to reinstall.
many thanks
Wayne

BAcidEvil · 03-26-2016, 02:59 AM

Do you need like special privileges to get 14.2 RC?

ruario · 03-26-2016, 04:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BAcidEvil

Do you need like special privileges to get 14.2 RC?

You just install -current