install linux version on High Sierra Mac

[asllearner]

I have a high sierra mac (that for various reasons I won't upgrade) and I was hoping to install the linux version on it, so I could have the latest version installed. I am not so skilled with linux, and I imagine this is not a standard procedure, but nonetheless, I know that I did it once before many years ago on a different machine. But this time i am getting this output:

2020-07-10 06:15:02 URL:https://download.calibre-ebook.com/linux-installer.sh [31922/31922] -> "-" [1]
Using python executable: python
Installing to /opt/calibre
Downloading tarball signature securely...
Will download and install calibre-4.20.0-x86_64.txz 
                     Downloading calibre-4.20.0-x86_64.txz                      
100% [======================================================================]
                                                                                Downloaded 102256868 bytes 
Checking downloaded file integrity... 
Extracting files to /opt/calibre ...
Extracting application files... 
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
  File "<string>", line 800, in script_launch
  File "<string>", line 756, in main
  File "<string>", line 707, in run_installer
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 522, in call
    return Popen(*popenargs, **kwargs).wait()
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 710, in __init__
    errread, errwrite)
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 1335, in _execute_child
    raise child_exception
OSError: [Errno 8] Exec format error

I have Python 2.7.10. I know there are other dependencies

To run:
xdg-utils, wget, xz-utils

To install:
GLIBC 2.18 or higher and libstdc++.so.6.0.21

but I don't know how to check them or install them.

I assume that if I want to undo the failed install I can just delete the opt/calibre library.

Am I close or am I far??

Any assistance is heartily appreciated. Thanks in advance.

[kovidgoyal]

You cannot run linux binaries on a mac, they have totally different binary formats.

[asllearner]

Thank you. That jogged my memory! What I had done before was run some kind of vm to do it. It might have been macports or fink. I will have to look into it. It was something along the lines given here. I remember doing some twiddling to xcode to get it. I think I had it working, though maybe I just tried and never got anywhere. But you pointed me in the right direction.

It was a stupid (but innocent) question so thank you sincerely for being kind and patient enough to answer it, as always. Calibre is great, and you have done a superhuman job with it, as everyone knows, and I am a happy camper.

[Dopedangel]

Originally Posted by asllearner

Thank you. That jogged my memory! What I had done before was run some kind of vm to do it. It might have been macports or fink. I will have to look into it. It was something along the lines given here. I remember doing some twiddling to xcode to get it. I think I had it working, though maybe I just tried and never got anywhere. But you pointed me in the right direction.

It was a stupid (but innocent) question so thank you sincerely for being kind and patient enough to answer it, as always. Calibre is great, and you have done a superhuman job with it, as everyone knows, and I am a happy camper.

You probably can run windows portable calibre with wine.