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Milos Cuculovic
Asked: 2015-07-06 23:05:24 +0800 CST

How to use an .lnx file on RedHat

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I have an .lnx file that I need to use on the RedHat distribution. Any idea how to run / install it?

I tryed to make it executable and jut call it but this doesn't work.

Thank you.

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2 Answers

  1. Based on the output the file command:

    corina_annual_Linux2.4_RedHat9_2016_07_10.lnx: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.18, BuildID[sha1]=5598b66dab2a01af6570e5dbad3dcbdca5a9610c, not stripped

    The file name seems to indicate it is a version for Red Hat Linux 9 which sounds similar but is very much not the same as Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). Despite the apparently higher release number Red Hat Linux 9 is from 2003 where the current 2015 RHEL release is 7 (and RHEL 5 & 6 are also common). But this pure conjecture, as filenames don't govern actual functionality.

    It is compiled for Intel 80386 which might be explained as suitable for 32-bit architecture or it might really be intended to run on actual Intel 80386 chipset.

    For GNU/Linux 2.6.18 on the other hand indicates it is intended for Linux kernel 2.6.18 which makes it a build suitable for RHEL 5 and similar.

    You may want to use ldd to check and see if it depends on external libraries and if those are present, but those requirements are met in theory it should be possible to make it run with chmod +x corina_annual_Linux2.4_RedHat9_2016_07_10.lnx and ./orina_annual_Linux2.4_RedHat9_2016_07_10.lnx:

    You may have downloaded the wrong binary, or are trying it to run it on the wrong Linux system, however which way you want to call it.

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  2. Best Answer

    To come back with a working solution here. In order to make this workimg, as mentioned by HBrujn, I had to install

    libc6:i386 libncurses5:i386 libstdc++6:i386

    with following commands:

    sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libc6:i386 libncurses5:i386 libstdc++6:i386
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