Subject: Re: A Newbie question about .bin files.
From: Alfonso AGNEW (aagnew@golem.math.smu.edu)
Date: Wed Aug 23 2000 - 20:35:17 MDT
Hi,
As far as I'm aware, StarOffice has not been ported to powerpc based computers.
So my guess is that you have a .bin file that is meant to run on an intel
processor, and that's why you get the error. This will always be an issue.
Note that, if you have the source code for a program (the text file that the
programmer fills up with, for example, C code) that was written for an intel
machine, there is a chance that a powermac could compile that source code
without problems (a powermac .bin file would result).
Moral: the code may (or may not) be cross-platform, but the .bin file will
never be.
HTH
Alfonso
On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, you wrote:
> I'm a newbie to Linux and I've been trying to look for docs regarding YDL
> and the ability to execute .bin files. I couldn't seem to find any so I
> hope someone here can answer my question.
>
> I downloaded StarOffice 5.2 and I'm running YDL CS 1.2 on a b/w G3. Every
> time I try to manipulate/execute the so-5_2-gn-bin-linux-en.bin file, I get
> the message : can not execute binary files.
>
> 1) Is there a problem with my copy of YDL or is it just impossible to
> install StarOffice because it's in .bin format ? Why ?
>
> 2) If it is because it's in .bin format is there a way to change the format
> so I can install StarOffice ?
>
> Since I'm a newbie at this please answer these questions in some detail.
> Thanks for the help.
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