'cannot execute binary file' when starting IDL in Linux.

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27 Feb 2006 02:03 PM
I am very sorry . I posted the last two threads using linux system , and they cannot be displayed correctly. My question is below: I have tried to install IDL on a 'IBM LINUX ON POWER ' computer . It seems all right during the installation, but when I tried to start IDL, it returns this : biabia@LoPdev:~> idl /usr/local/bin/idl: line 513: /home/biabia/idl/idlori/linux.x86/idl_6.0/bin/bin.linux.x86/idl: cannot execute binary file /usr/local/bin/idl: line 513: /home/biabia/idl/idlori/linux.x86/idl_6.0/bin/bin.linux.x86/idl: Success So ,what is the problem, and and how to solve it ? Any help will be appreciated.

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27 Feb 2006 02:03 PM
Microchip architectures are not my specialty, but is not the "IBM Linux On Power" a Linux O.S. built specifically for the unique instruction set of the IBM Power4 microchip? If yes, then the error message returned by your 'idl' call is quite accurate. The 'idl' binary in the 'bin.linux.x86' subdirectory, built strictly for a processor that is running the Intel X86 instruction set, would be completely unintelligible to Linux On Power, The only solution for this is to find another machine to load IDL onto, presumably, in your case, either Windows, Linux On Intel or AMD X86, or Macintosh On Power. Or perhaps you have access to IBM AIX with RS/6000 chipset? James Jones

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