Issue:No such file or directory

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Clarify this issue

If you trying to execute a executable binary, but you see this error “No such file or directory”, it’s normally caused by you trying to run a 32-bits binary on a 64-bits OS.

First of all you should check your OS:

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uname -a

If you see x86_64, we can make sure you are using a 64-bits OS.
Then we should check file type of executable binary:

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file ${THE_EXECUTABLE_BIN}

If you see ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, basically we can make sure you are trying to run a 32-bits binary on a 64-bits OS meanwhile your OS haven’t add i386 architecture yet.

How to fix it

We need to add i386 architecture support on your 64-bits OS.

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sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install multiarch-support
sudo apt-get install libc6:i386 libncurses5:i386 libstdc++6:i386

After that, try to run it again :)