Binary file not executable

[Danny Pansters]

Op Tuesday 10 April 2007 19:13:04 schreef Christian Walther:
> On 10/04/07, h t <th_freebsd at yahoo.com.cn> wrote:
> > I'm freebsd beginner
> > I Download RealPlayer10GOLD.bin from http://www.real.com/linux/
> > then chmod +x RealPlayer10GOLD.bin
> > run
> > ./RealPlayer10GOLD.bin
> > but broken
> > the message is
> >
> > ELF binary type "0" not known.
> > ./RealPlayer10GOLD.bin: Exec format error. Binary file not executable.
>
> As it says in the URL where you downloaded the Realplayer from, it's
> for Linux. But FreeBSD is not Linux. There is a Linux Emulation Layer
> available that allows you to execute Linux binaries. You can do a
>
> # kldload linux
>
> to enable it. But you'll need to install some additional stuff,
> because Linux application will need Linux libraries...
>
> > How can I do this?
> > Not install in port
>
> Realplayer is in Ports:
>
> # cd /usr/ports
> # make search name=realplayer
> Port:   linux-realplayer-10.0.8.805.20060718
> Path:   /usr/ports/multimedia/linux-realplayer
> Info:   Linux RealPlayer 10 from RealNetworks
> Maint:  multimedia at FreeBSD.org
> B-deps:
> R-deps: linux-atk-1.9.1 linux-expat-1.95.8 linux-fontconfig-2.2.3_6
> linux-glib2-2.6.6 linux-gtk2-2.6.10 linux-jpeg-6b.34 linux-pango-1.8.1
> linux-png-1.2.8_2 linux-tiff-3.7.1 linux-xorg-libs-6.8.2_5
> linux_base-fc-4_9
> WWW:    https://player.helixcommunity.org/
>
> AFAIK Realplayer GOLD is not freely available, you'll have to pay for it.

No, it's the same thing. Same release also. It's just branding. From past 
experience, I think when Real starts naming a major version "Gold" it more or 
less means it's slated for obsoleteness (or declared final to phrase it more 
friendly). They're probably brewing a new release based on helix2. I wonder 
if it will only support ALSA (like flash9). I don't follow helix development 
though (its redundant IMHO).

Dan