running a 32 bit .bin file on 64 bit Kubuntu

Question

I am running a 64-bit version of Kubuntu 12.04. When trying to run a 32-bit .bin file I am getting the following error:

$ ./jdevstudio11121install.bin
./jdevstudio11121install.bin: No such file or directory

However when I run a file command I receive the following:

$ file jdevstudio11121install.bin 
ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.2.5, stripped

How do I run this file? Is it possible to run 32-bit executable on a 64-bit OS. Please help me.

Solution

Type this in the Terminal:

sudo apt-get install ia32-libs

This will install most needed 32 bit libraries and hopefully you will be able to run the file.

Or if you prefer, you can install the ia32-libs package in the Software Center.

Comments

[ish]

Possible duplicate of askubuntu.com/questions/20355/…. The bottom line is run sudo apt-get install ia32-libs -y first and then try again.

[Eliah Kagan]

@izx This question is substantially more specific than that one. It seems to me that this shouldn't be considered a duplicate of it, even if the answers are essentially the same.