Installing qcad-3.15.5-pro-linux-x86_64 on Mint 17

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frog22
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Installing qcad-3.15.5-pro-linux-x86_64 on Mint 17

Post by frog22 » Tue Oct 18, 2016 7:37 pm

Hi, I must have installed Qcad a dozen times over the years but I can't see what's wrong this time. I used the installer (qcad-3.15.5-pro-linux-x86_64.run) and it created the opt directory but when I tried to make the file executable I got this error message at the end of this script:

john@john-System-Product-Name ~ $ chmod a+x qcad-3.15.5-pro-linux-x86_64.run
john@john-System-Product-Name ~ $ ./qcad-3.15.5-pro-linux-x86_64.run
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing QCAD..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
QCAD Setup...
Making dir /home/john/opt/qcad-3.15.5-pro-linux-x86_64...
mkdir: created directory ‘/home/john/opt/qcad-3.15.5-pro-linux-x86_64’
Copying files...
Invoking postinstall.sh...
Installing mimetypes...
Installing mimetype icons...
Installing desktop menu entries...
Installing desktop icon...
Creating uninstall script...
Setting executable flag...
QCAD Setup finished.
john@john-System-Product-Name ~ $ cd /home/john/opt/qcad-3.15.5-pro-linux-x86_64john@john-System-Product-Name ~/opt/qcad-3.15.5-pro-linux-x86_64 $ ./qcad
./qcad: line 18: ./qcad-bin: cannot execute binary file: Exec format error
john@john-System-Product-Name ~/opt/qcad-3.15.5-pro-linux-x86_64 $

Any ideas - no sleep, a head cold and a cough has left me bereft of inspiration .......

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andrew
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Re: Installing qcad-3.15.5-pro-linux-x86_64 on Mint 17

Post by andrew » Wed Oct 19, 2016 8:30 am

It looks like you are trying to run the 64bit package on a 32bit Linux system. You can run this command to find out what system you have installed:

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uname -m
An output of "x86_64" would indicate a 64bit system while "i686" would indicate a 32bit system.

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