Important Notice: Our web hosting provider recently started charging us for additional visits, which was unexpected. In response, we're seeking donations. Depending on the situation, we may explore different monetization options for our Community and Expert Contributors. It's crucial to provide more returns for their expertise and offer more Expert Validated Answers or AI Validated Answers. Learn more about our hosting issue here.

When I try to run REBOL on my BSD machine, I get an error message stating “incompatible binary format”. Why?

April 26, 2017BSD Error Machine message REBOL run stating Try

0

Posted

When I try to run REBOL on my BSD machine, I get an error message stating “incompatible binary format”. Why?

1 Answer

0

Posted

REBOL for BSD is compiled with the newer ELF binary format while many older systems still expect the a.out format. To use REBOL, the BSD installation will need to be upgraded to support ELF.