not able to run a downloaded program file in ubuntu 18.04 terminal

Question

when I try running a program file downloaded in terminal ubuntu 18.04 by ./filename.exec Input.data as per the program user manual, it says no such file or directory, but when I do ls, ls -l , it shows the file in executable state, but still does not run...why? can anyone help me, being a newbie in bioinformatics. The program file contains executable file and input files.

$ pwd
/home/ubuntu/Downloads/program_directory
$ file ./filename.exec Input.data
./filename.exec: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, interpreter /lib/ld-, for GNU/Linux 2.6.15, BuildID[sha1]=41506b3ff2b0a8a1a10c2d856fc68be667a93df3, not stripped` 
Input.data:                  ASCII text
$ ./filename.exec Input.data
bash:No such file or directory
$ ldd sRNAscanner_Ubuntu10.exec | grep not
    not a dynamic executable

I even tried running as root, but same response

It is 32-bit executable, while system is possibly 64-bit. Some libraries may be missed. Please open terminal in the directory with this executable and run command ldd filename.exec | grep not - add this output to the question by editing it. — N0rbert, Jun 20 '20 at 08:16
Can you please give us a link for the program to download and try executing it to find what's wrong? — Parsa Mousavi, Jun 20 '20 at 08:33
Does it actually say interpreter /lib/ld- in the output of file? Or is that a copy-paste error? — muru, Jun 20 '20 at 09:23
Does this answer your question? No such file or directory? But the file exists! See Avinash's answer. — Kulfy, Jun 20 '20 at 16:07

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 20 '20 at 09:28

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You have to start by installing main 32-bit C library:

sudo apt-get install libc6:i386

answered Jun 20 '20 at 09:28

N0rbert

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