07-09-2020, 05:59 PM | #1 |
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install linux version on High Sierra Mac
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:
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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 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. |
07-09-2020, 10:18 PM | #2 |
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You cannot run linux binaries on a mac, they have totally different binary formats.
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07-10-2020, 12:11 PM | #3 |
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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. |
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