Remove cmake from Ubuntu 22.04.3

Question

I needed updating my cmake program on Ubuntu 22.04.3 version amd64, but wrongly downloaded the aarch64 version of cmake using this method (https://www.golinuxcloud.com/install-cmake-on-ubuntu/#Method-2_Install_From_Binary_File) to override the existing cmake. Not successful though. Now when I type cmake --version on Terminal, unlike before, it responses: bash: /usr/local/bin/cmake: cannot execute binary file: Exec format error

How to remove cmake from my machine, now?

Possible duplicate: https://askubuntu.com/questions/648555/bash-program-cannot-execute-binary-file-exec-format-error — Artur Meinild, Oct 16 '23 at 12:21
Does this answer your question? bash: ./program: cannot execute binary file: Exec format error — karel, Oct 16 '23 at 14:24

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 16 '23 at 12:43

It seems you downloaded the binary for the wrong platform (you're running Amd64, but downloaded for Arm64 (Aarch64).

You should then first clean up the wrong files: (here assuming version 3.27.7)

sudo rm -rf /opt/cmake-3.27.7-linux-aarch64
sudo rm /usr/local/bin/cmake

And now, you can follow the guide again, this time installing the correct file:

wget https://github.com/Kitware/CMake/releases/download/v3.27.7/cmake-3.27.7-linux-x86_64.sh

And then proceed through the guide...

Remove cmake from Ubuntu 22.04.3

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