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   Message 1,894 of 2,762   
   Chad Adams to All   
   Re: Issue installing   
   24 Nov 17 21:27:50   
   
   The answer to all your questions is yes. It's 65 bit and etc.   
      
   I had a library missing that bbbs relies on. Bbbs doesn't give a very good   
   error message so I found it by running file on the bbbs executable and seeing   
   the library it needed. I installed the library, which is not default   
   installed on Ubuntu server x64 an   
      
   I posted earlier and stated what I found.   
      
   On 02:44 24/11 , Enric Lleal wrote:   
   >Hi Chad,   
   >   
   >> Also, I tried every other executable.   
   >> You can see they are listed.   
   >   
   >My two cents...   
   >   
   >First, have you defined the variable $BBBSDIR with the path to your bbbs   
   >binaries?   
   >Second, I assume the answer as yes but, are you sure that if your box is a   
   >64bit linux, your bbbs bundle is 64bit too? If not, maybe you have to assure   
   >that your 64bit linux has installed the 32bit compatibility layer (and maybe   
   >you will have to add multiarch support too).   
   >   
   >My extra coin is to validate that all is fine with your biinaries: try to   
   stat,   
   > file, ldd or strace over any of your binaries and review the output in order   
   >to catch problems, insatisfied dependencies, etc..   
   >   
   >Good luck, and let us now... ;-)   
   >   
   >A reveure!!   
   >Enric   
   >(a catalan sysop!)   
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