The first reply was perfect. All I needed was libc6:i386. So bizarre, but I'm glad you guys could help.
David On Aug 18, 2014 2:13 AM, Jakub Zakrzewski <jzakrzew...@e2e.ch> wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > From: CMake [mailto:cmake-boun...@cmake.org] On Behalf Of Alan W. Irwin > Sent: Sonntag, 17. August 2014 01:51 > To: David Zemon > Cc: cmake@cmake.org > Subject: Re: [CMake] No Such File or Directory > > On 2014-08-16 15:02-0500 David Zemon wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > After downloading the 3.0.1 binary Linux distribution of CMake, I am > > running into the following bash error: > > > > *david@fresh-ubuntu:~/**PropWare/util$* cmake > ^ ==> that is a prompt followed > by a blank so it looks like there is no actual path in front of your cmake > invocation. > > > bash: /home/david/cmake-3.0.1-Linux-i386/bin/cmake: No such file or > > directory > > I am pretty sure this issue is due to a very long-standing Linux security > feature where you have to specify executables using a path in front of the > name, i.e., from that directory invoke cmake with > > ./cmake > > or from anywhere invoke it with the full pathname, e.g., > > /home/david/cmake-3.0.1-Linux-i386/bin/cmake > > Hope this guess is right. > > Alan > > __________________________ > Alan W. Irwin > > Astronomical research affiliation with Department of Physics and Astronomy, > University of Victoria (astrowww.phys.uvic.ca). > > Programming affiliations with the FreeEOS equation-of-state implementation > for stellar interiors (freeeos.sf.net); the Time Ephemerides project > (timeephem.sf.net); PLplot scientific plotting software package > (plplot.sf.net); the libLASi project (unifont.org/lasi); the Loads of Linux > Links project (loll.sf.net); and the Linux Brochure Project > (lbproject.sf.net). > __________________________ > > Linux-powered Science > __________________________ > -- > > Powered by www.kitware.com > > Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: > http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ > > Kitware offers various services to support the CMake community. For more > information on each offering, please visit: > > CMake Support: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/support.html > CMake Consulting: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/consulting.html > CMake Training Courses: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/training.html > > Visit other Kitware open-source projects at > http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html > > Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: > http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/cmake > > > > Hi, > > I think you didn't read careful enough. David tries once withou and second > time with full path. Furthermore, the `which` command can find cmake, what > means it's somewhere in the PATH, so there's no need to specify full path by > invokation (do you specify full path when invoking `grep` for example? - I > don't think so.) > > So apparently system cannot find some file, but it's not the CMake executable > itself. Marcel Loose's answer makes a lot of sense to me. > > -- > Gruesse, > Jakub > > > -- Powered by www.kitware.com Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Kitware offers various services to support the CMake community. For more information on each offering, please visit: CMake Support: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/support.html CMake Consulting: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/consulting.html CMake Training Courses: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/training.html Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/cmake