An executable is a program contained in one file. This file is often referred to as an executable because of the Windows extension for executables(.EXE).
Questions tagged [executable]
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bash: ./program: cannot execute binary file: Exec format error
I'm trying to run a program, but it gives an error:
bash: ./program: cannot execute binary file: Exec format error
The result of file program was:
program: ELF-32-bit LSB executable, ARM, EABI4 version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses share…
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What is the equivalent of an "exe file"?
I don't know what the exact executable file extension is. Is it .deb or .tar.gz?
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How to run `nano` when using a `vim file` command
I've been trying to find out how to change application executables (I don't know how to call them) so when you do vim file in the console it actually runs nano file.
I don't care if vim is installed or not on the operating system.
How can I achieve…
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.x86 file not executing
I've tracked down a game named superhot and downloaded zipped Linux version. I unzipped it and there was a directory named SUPERHOT-LINUX_Data and file with extension .x86. I went to properties and ticked "can execute". But the file still doesn't…
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How to execute hex code in linux
It is as simple as the title says. I can easily execute it in windows with a .com file but how would i do it with Linux. Basically i want to write to a file in hex and then run it. On Linux.
user639222
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Should I make executable text file or a .desktop one?
I'm new to this and can't quite wrap my head around it.
I want to run specific firefox profile which, so I just put this line in a text file:
firefox -p Profile
make it executable and run it. It works fine.
Now what advantages I gain if I make a…
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Creating a Linux executable file from a bunch of files/directories
I have a directory, with a small scructure:
script.sh
dist/
dist/program.jar
log/
log/error.log
conf/
conf/program.conf
The script.sh do some checks, and start program.jar with a lot of parameters.
There's a way to encapsulate all this structure in…
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How to create and link a ~/bin folder to contain executables.
Is it possible to create a folder E.G.~/bin which contains executables, and once a file is added to this folder, it is executable from command line. (Just like an executable in /bin)
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Recovering from messed up binfmts configuration
All I'm trying to do is getting a manually installed mono (to /opt/mono-2.10) to run CLI executables without having to specify the interpreter explicitly. Wine is not installed.
Ubuntu 10.10. No mono package is currently installed (dpkg -l | grep…
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Executing an executable with GTK2 requirement on Ubuntu 18.04
I am trying to run this program (https://www.scarabee-software.net/en/siren.html) on Ubuntu 18.04 and it won't start.
Requirements Windows : XP minimum GNU/Linux : GTK2 mandatory
Installation No installation needed, unzip and run
I tried sudo…
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Help to run CoherentPDF executable
Please help me to run the executable file from the archive which I found at: http://community.coherentpdf.com/ under "Download binaries now for Windows, Mac, or Linux/Download pre-built tools now". When you unzip the archive, there are several…
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Can't run application/x-executable files in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (linaxepad)
I'll hope that you can help me!!
I've tried to execute linaxepad (application/x-executable), extracting from "linaxepad.tar.gz" file.
But nothing happens (Ubuntu doesn't show anything) and if I try from terminal, Ubuntu shows…
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Cant change executable bit
I have written an c++ program ,but cant run it because the executable bit is not on yes.
So I wanted to change it ,but it only changes it for a second and then swiches back.
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How to run .run files in ubuntu
I download a software from http://qt-project.org/downloads and it is .run file and when I want to open that, it says:
"There is no application installed for 'executable' files.
Do you want to search for an application to open this file?"
And I click…
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Cannot open executable file (shared library)?
I compiled some software from GitHub and I tried to run it, but I can't.
Any ideas why it is not working?
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