You need a library Ubuntu doesn't install. I posted the name in another post   
      
   On 04:40 25/11 , Nicholas Boel wrote:   
   >Hello Jeff,   
   >   
   >On Fri Nov 24 2017 11:01:16, Jeff Smith wrote to Nicholas Boel:   
   >   
   > JS> No, actually I installed BBBS here in the /home/bbbs directory. In   
   > JS> part to to avoid any ownership issues since everything in BBBS's home   
   > JS> directory is owned by the user "bbbs". With BBBS the only time root   
   > JS> access might be required is when loading bbbsd so that it can bind to   
   > JS> the necessary <1024 ports. And even that can be avoided through port   
   > JS> mapping.   
   >   
   >Ok. Either way, I grabbed the archive and tried for myself with the same   
   >results. Even though those files are executable, they don't actually run and   
   >give a "Bad command of file name" error. I'm wondering if Kim created another   
   >step or the archive is just bad. Here's the steps I took:   
   >   
   >user/group axisd:axisd   
   >   
   >/home/axisd/tmp $ wget www.bbbs.net/ftp/bbbs_lii.tar.gz   
   >/home/axisd/tmp $ gunzip bbbs*   
   >/home/axisd/tmp $ tar xvpf bbbs*   
   >/home/axisd/tmp $ cd bbbs   
   >/home/axisd/tmp $ ./bcfg4 0   
   >Bad command or file name   
   >/home/axisd/tmp $ ./bbbs   
   >Bad command or file name   
   >   
   >This was with an Archlinux VM on an HP Proliant server with an Intel Xeon   
   >processor.   
   >   
   >Regards,   
   >Nick   
   >   
   >... "Не знаю. Я здесь только работаю."   
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