Re: Executable error: No such file or directoy.

From: Robert Heller (heller_at_deepsoft.com)
Date: 09/09/04 

Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2004 01:12:13 +0200

  TLOlczyk <olczyk2002@yahoo.com>,
  In a message on Tue, 07 Sep 2004 17:46:20 -0500, wrote :

T> On Tue, 07 Sep 2004 08:46:32 -0700, John Reiser <jreiser@BitWagon.com>
T> wrote:
T>
T> >> I am trying to execute a file, foo.
T> >> "file foo" tells me it is an ELF executable.
T> >> "ls foo" tells me that it is there and is no 0 bytes.
T> >> "cat foo" throughs all kinds of garbage on my screen.
T> >> Permissions OK.
T> >>
T> >> But when I execute it I get the error message:
T> >> bash: full_path_to_foo: No such file or directory.
T> >
T> >Probably the PT_INTERP (the <elf.h> program interpreter, the piece
T> >that handles shared libraries) is the file that triggers "No such file
T> >or directory." Run
T> > readelf --segments foo
T> >to check the PT_INTERP string. For instance:
T> >-----
T> >Program Headers:
T> > Type Offset VirtAddr PhysAddr FileSiz MemSiz Flg Align
T> > PHDR 0x000034 0x08048034 0x08048034 0x000c0 0x000c0 R E 0x4
T> > INTERP 0x0000f4 0x080480f4 0x080480f4 0x00013 0x00013 R 0x1
T> > [Requesting program interpreter: /lib/ld-linux.so.2]
T> >-----
T> >and in this case /lib/ld-linux.so.2 is OK; the executable will run.
T>
T> That hit the nail on the head. It uses /lib/ld-linux.so.1.
T>
T> I know this is probably a futile question,
T> but is there a way to convert the file so that it can be loaded by
T> /lib/ld-linux.so.2?
T> I can recompile from sources but that is going to be a very long and
T> difficult process.

Asside from installing /lib/ld-linux.so.1 (and the matching batch of old
.so files), your only choice is re-compilation.

T>
T>
T> The reply-to email address is olczyk2002@yahoo.com.
T> This is an address I ignore.
T> To reply via email, remove 2002 and change yahoo to
T> interaccess,
T>
T> **
T> Thaddeus L. Olczyk, PhD
T>
T> There is a difference between
T> *thinking* you know something,
T> and *knowing* you know something.
T>

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